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1. (n.) arson
the malicious burning of another's property or, sometimes, one's own property, as in an attempt to collect insurance.
Etymology: (1670–80; < AF, OF < ML ārsiō= L ārd(ere) to burn (cf. ardent ) +-tiō -tion)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) arson, incendiarism, fire-raising
malicious burning to destroy property
"the British term for arson is fire-raising"
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1. (noun) arson
the crime of setting fire to a building
an arson attack
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) arson
the malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is felony; the malicious and voluntary firing of a building or ship
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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arson
To be careless in the use of fire. (General Sherman was at times more or less careless in the use of fire on his March to the Sea.--_Hon. Henry W. Grady._)
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Sense: the crime of setting fire to (a building etc) on purpose.
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 Afrikaans: brandstigting |
 Arabic: حَريق مُتَعَمَّد |
 Bulgarian: палеж |
 Brazilian: incêndio provocado |
 Czech: žhářství |
 German: die Brandstiftung |
 Danish: brandstiftelse |
 Greek: εμπρησμός |
 Spanish: incendio provocado |
 Estonian: kuritahtlik süütamine |
 Farsi: آتش افروزی |
 Finnish: tuhopoltto |
 French: incendie criminel |
 Hebrew: הַצָתָה |
 Hindi: आगजनी |
 Croatian: palež |
 Hungarian: gyújtogatás |
 Indonesian: sengaja |
 Icelandic: íkveikja |
 Italian: incendio doloso |
 Japanese: 放火 |
 Korean: 방화 |
 Lithuanian: padegimas |
 Latvian: ļaunprātīga dedzināšana |
 Malay: perbuatan memulakan kebak |
 Dutch: brandstichting |
 Norwegian: brannstiftelse; mordbrann |
 Polish: podpalenie |
 Persian: آتش افروزی |
 Pashto: اوراچونه |
 Portuguese: fogo posto |
 Romanian: incendiere premeditată |
 Russian: поджог |
 Slovak: podpaľačstvo |
 Slovenian: požig |
 Serbian: podmetanje požara |
 Swedish: mordbrand |
 Thai: การลอบวางเพลิง |
 Turkish: kundakçılık, kasten yangı |
 Taiwanese: 縱火 |
 Ukrainian: підпал |
 Urdu: آگ لگانا ، آتش زنی |
 Vietnamese: sự cố ý gây hoả hoạn |
 Chinese: 纵火 |
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