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
- Arson is believed to be the cause of the fire.
- It is unknown if arson was the cause of the fire.
- It was the third attempted arson on the building.
- The cause of the fire was determined to be arson.
- Steerpike prepares meticulously for the act of arson.
- The cause of the fire was ruled as an arson with gasoline.
- As a result of the arson, the pillars were removed in 2005.
- I have redirected the article to Arson and protected the redirect.
- He lived close to the arson house and was the first to be arrested.
- The sentence as it is implies that Lowell was in fact part of the arson.
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