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arson

Arson is the crime of setting a fire to cause damage. A man is being held by police in connection with an arson attack that destroyed a school. An arson is an act of arson. The cause of the fire is unknown, but investigators believe it to be an arson.

arson

(= fire-raising) malicious burning to destroy property the British term for arson is fire-raising

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  • What words refer to the crime of burning someone's house or field?

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Simple sentences

They think it was arson.
In Germany today, anti-violence rallies took place in several cities, including one near Hamburg where three Turks were killed in an arson attack on Monday.
Arson is a criminal act.

Movie subtitles

An employee of ours committing arson, so no insurance.
You just don't have to like them to find yourself accused and convicted of riot, arson and armed robbery.
I suppose you know that's called arson. No!
Cole Armin, I arrest you for arson.
Murder and arson, betrayal and terror.
Been in three times for arson, twice for assault, once for larceny.
The next thing I knew I was locked up in here. charged with housebreaking, arson. and even the murder of a townsman.
The Commandant doesn't like being troubled with trivialities so only take up serious matters with him, Staff, like arson or sudden death but see me first, always.
Murder, arson, rape.
Tell us now, arson?
Make a thing illegal, and it acquires a mystique. Look at arson.
Destruction, robbery, arson. and other acts of rebellion continued without end.
A guy in the Bronx got knocked off eight days ago. He was into arson.
So what do we got, a firebomb in the building? Henshaw just wasn't into arson.
But that's arson.
Had him thrown in jail for arson.
With theft, arson, et cetera, et cetera.
Ahh. Arson!
It must be arson.
If it's arson, wouldn't Tatsu.?
There's a law against arson in this state.
Convicted not of arson, but of some minor infraction.
Destroy our walls, arson our houses! Destroy everything!
That's arson.
Remember what he did to Bill Fenton when he wanted to go to Hollywood. -Had him thrown in jail for arson.
It's arson!
Destroy our walls, arson our houses!
Look at arson.
Arson.
It's because the arson squad is investigating that fire. that trapped her in Mr. Parks's car.
Arson?
Nobody's even proved there was arson here yet, so until they do.
You see, what happened was, the arson investigator said you kind of left in a hurry, and I thought you were going to be busy writing.
Two arson was committed.
But they do kick you out for arson.
Even after the meltdown, they're going to know it's arson.

News and current affairs

They successfully portrayed themselves as victims of a firestorm, rather than as accessories to arson.
To make matters worse, there has been a steady stream of migration-related violence across Europe, from an arson attack on a planned refugee shelter in Germany to police brutality against migrants in Macedonia and Hungary.
But they echo a new wave of resistance by Palestinians that goes beyond physical assaults - reflected, for example, in the recent arson attack on a Jewish shrine in Nablus.

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