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moral hazard
Definition: (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"
Definition: The prospect that a party insulated from risk may behave differently from the way it would behave if it were fully exposed to the risk.