insurance fire

noun

Definitions

  1. A form of arson in which a fire is intentionally started in order to enable collection…

    A form of arson in which a fire is intentionally started in order to enable collection from an insurance policy that protects against accidental fires.

    • The other fifty-four cases were insurance fires, that is the motive was that of burning to collect insurance.
    • A more likely theory is that it was an insurance fire, as the Bennett brothers were in financial trouble...
    • Most of the people thought it was an insurance fire, that Aronez or someone hired by him had set it.

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