"insurance fire" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: insurance fires [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} insurance fire (plural insurance fires)
  1. (law) 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. Categories (topical): Crime, Law Related terms: insurance fraud
    Sense id: en-insurance_fire-en-noun-KUq33kzs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: law

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          "ref": "1921, Office of the Fire Marshal of the State of Louisiana, Annual Report - Volumes 17-35, page 7:",
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          "ref": "2009, Jessie Munro, The Story of Suzanne Aubert, page 419:",
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          "ref": "2012, David Holmberg, The Tinderbox, page 87:",
          "text": "Most of the people thought it was an insurance fire, that Aronez or someone hired by him had set it.",
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          "ref": "2016, Stephen Birmingham, The Rothman Scandal, page 619:",
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