arson
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Definition of arson
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable, usually)The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.
“Arson, like we thought. three punks doused a car, lit it, and took off.”
“carry out an arson attack”
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noun
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(uncountable, usually)The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.
“Arson, like we thought. three punks doused a car, lit it, and took off.”
“carry out an arson attack”
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(obsolete)A saddlebow.
“The kyng of Englande mounted on a freſhe courſer, the trapper of clothe of golde, of Tiſſue, the Arſon mantell wiſe[…]”
“Arcione, the arſon or ſaddle bowe.”
“[…]And putting vp good ſtore of gold and Iewels for that iourney, and taking with him a good horſe, that was browne Bay, with a Petronell hanging at the arſon of his Saddle[…]”
verb
- (India, transitive)To illegally set fire to; to burn down in a criminal manner.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman and Old French arson, from the verb ardoir, from Latin ardeō (“to burn”). Compare ardent.
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