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A common type of insurance fraud is when workers submit exaggerated injury claims for workers’ compensation payouts.
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claim — ▪ I. claim claim 1 [kleɪm] noun [countable] 1. COMMERCE a request or demand for money, or the amount of money asked for: • The developer made a claim against the owner for extra building costs. • There were very large claims for loss of earnings … Financial and business terms
claim — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 statement saying that sth is true ADJECTIVE ▪ dubious, false, unfounded, unsubstantiated ▪ conflicting ▪ There are conflicting claims about the cause of the fire … Collocations dictionary
exaggerated — adj. Exaggerated is used with these nouns: ↑claim, ↑motion, ↑politeness, ↑sigh … Collocations dictionary
claim — 01. The woman [claimed] she had seen a UFO land in a nearby field. 02. Henry was accused of stealing a chocolate bar, but he [claimed] that he had just forgotten to pay for it. 03. A man [claiming] to be a police officer entered the home of an… … Grammatical examples in English
false claim — /fɔ:ls kleɪm/ noun an untrue or exaggerated claim made in the advertising of a product ● A voluntary control body was set up to discourage false claims in the advertising business … Marketing dictionary in english
Novatian and Novatianism — Novatian and Novatianism † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Novatian and Novatianism Novatian was a schismatic of the third century, and founder of the sect of the Novatians; he was a Roman priest, and made himself antipope. His name is given… … Catholic encyclopedia
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The Nordic Exhibition of 1888 (1888) — The Nordic exhibition of Industry, Agriculture, and Art of 1888 was a joint venture between 29 organisations and official institutions, with the weight on the private side, represented foremost by the Association of Copenhagen Industrialists. It… … Wikipedia
