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Noun: moral hazard
  1. (economics) the lack of any incentive to guard against a risk when you are protected against it (as by insurance)
    "insurance companies are exposed to a moral hazard if the insured party is not honest"

Derived forms: moral hazards

Type of: endangerment, hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk

Encyclopedia: Moral hazard

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