Arson meaning

Noun: arson

Pronunciation: (aa-sun)

Arson meaning: Malicious burning to destroy property

Synonyms: fire – raising, incendiarism

Quotations: George F.Will – In the 1940’s a survey listed the top seven discipline problems in public schools: talking, chewing gum, making noise, running in the halls, getting out of line, wearing improper clothes, and not putting paper in wastebaskets. A more recent survey lists these top seven: drug abuse, alcohol abuse, pregnancy, suicide, rape, robbery, and assault. Arson, gang warfare, and venereal disease are also-rans.

Kyle Young – When you look at arson nationally, it is one of the toughest crimes to get a conviction on because a lot of your evidence burns up in a fire.

Richard Feast – Their jobs are to find out whether the fires are accidental or arson. It also includes collecting evidence, arresting the suspect and presenting the case to the prosecutor.

Ron Weber – We came to the determination that it was an arson, that it was lit by human hands, and from that point we thought we exceeded the minimum requirements to file charges against Mr. Robinson.

David Smith – It’s not a joke, though my colleagues kid about it. If there is a fire and you get out, and the rest of your family perishes, there’s a pretty darn good chance you’ll be arrested for arson and murder.

Sample sentences:

1. Obviously we’re going to investigate these as suspected arsons.
2. He’s been charged with first-degree arson, 20 counts of reckless endangerment and one count of malicious burning.
3. That’s part of the investigation too. If it’s an illegal fire, there could be arson charges, but at this point, though, we don’t have any final evidence to make a determination.
4. This area was previously a hotel and after an arson incident a few years ago, they had the idea to reconstruct and open new stores.
5. That’s when they noticed that several gas caps were open or taken off. They called in an investigator, and it was deemed arson.
6. The cause is arson, it was an intentionally set fire. It’s an ongoing criminal investigation.
7. They can be strategic, as in hate crimes or crimes to cover up other crimes, or they can be mere delinquency. But there is no such thing as a friendly arson fire.
8. It is an arson because someone has burned down buildings but because we don’t have all of the evidence we’re still considering what the charges will be.
9. I told him it was my belief that there was no arson. He just asked me questions about forced entry, things like this. All the doors were locked. There was not forced entry.
10. We have no desire to be free speech martyrs, but it would have been nakedly hypocritical to avoid the same cartoons we’d criticized others for not running, cartoons that however absurdly have inspired arson, kidnapping and murder and forced cartoonists in at least two continents to go into hiding.