insurance fire
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.78 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "They're even hinting that the loss of our Ingleside printing plant was an insurance fire, for God's sake!"