arson
IPA: ˈɑrsʌn
noun
- The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.
- (obsolete) A saddlebow.
verb
- (transitive, India) To illegally set fire to; to burn down in a criminal manner.
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Examples of "arson" in Sentences
- Even misdemanor arson is a disqualifier many places.
- Le Mans Mayor Jean-Claude Boulard suspects arson is to blame.
- Who has ever heard of creationists engaging in arson, grave robbery and assault.
- At least 29 vehicles were destroyed in arson attacks this year, most of them luxury cars, according to police.
- For example, if a person has a history of arson, is it not more likely than not, that person will continue to set objects on fire?
- What if a statute says that arson is punishable by ten years unless a judge finds a racial motivation for the crime, in which case a defendant can get twenty years?
- Your recklessness would hardly go that far, and your accomplice was toot skilled enough in arson to succeed, but he has been arrested and is awaiting trial in Brooklyn jail.
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