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Word: Arson
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 17th century: an Anglo-Norman French legal term, from medieval Latin arsio(n-), from Latin ardere ‘to burn’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɑːsn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property
Short Definition:criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property
Examples:- police are treating the fire as arson
- an arson attack
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