Definition of Arson

illegally setting something on fire

Examples of Arson in a sentence

Fire investigators suspected arson when they couldn’t find an electrical source for the fire.  🔊

Arson of the abandoned houses was prosecuted and those who set the fires served jail time.  🔊

Believing that arson might be involved, agents took pictures of a burning gas can inside of the smoldering living room.  🔊

Shockingly, it was a volunteer firefighter who committed the arson, setting the buildings on fire so he could go on the calls.  🔊

Jurors convicted the defendant of arson in the intentional burning of the local mosque.  🔊

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