5 definitions by Professor Arsegarp

To make an outrageous legal claim to take de jure ownership, trademark or copyright on something which is clearly not yours to possess.

Unscrupulous act of deliberately destroying a business or property, typically by fire, in order to reclaim its (often fraudulently inflated) value from an insurance policy.

See also: Brexit, fire sale.

A thoughtless political experiment in which contradictory and counterproductive governance creates a society so fragmented and chaotic that its leaders are only mocked rather than overthrown.

A thoughtless political experiment in which contradictory and counterproductive governance creates a society so fragmented and chaotic that its leaders are only mocked rather than overthrown.

Act of deliberate harm to a nation in order to profit by shorting its currency, short-selling shares and bonds, and by farming out lucrative government contracts to cronies.

See also: insurance job.