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The first known use of arson was circa 1680
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“Arson.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arson. Accessed 31 Mar. 2022.
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7 February, 2022
im going to commit arson
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  Fredric Gray
  

7 February, 2022
in my bedroom
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22 February, 2013
I'm writing a story and needed the exact definition for the lawyer to use in the examination of the defendant.
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More Definitions for arson
arson
 noun
ar·​son | \ ˈär-sᵊn \
Kids Definition of arson
: the illegal burning of a building or other property
arson
 noun
ar·​son | \ ˈärs-ᵊn \
Legal Definition of arson
: the act or crime of willfully, wrongfully, and unjustifiably setting property on fire often for the purpose of committing fraud (as on an insurance company)
Definition of assault
 (Entry 1 of 2)
1a: a violent physical or verbal attack
b: a military attack usually involving direct combat with enemy forcesan assault on the enemy's air base
c: a concerted effort (as to reach a goal or defeat an adversary)an assault on drug trafficking
Definition of bribery
: the act or practice of giving or taking a brib
Definition of blackmail
1: a tribute anciently exacted on the Scottish border by plundering chiefs in exchange for immunity from pillage
2a: extortion or coercion by threats especially of public exposure or criminal prosecution
b: the payment that is extorted
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transitive verb
: to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own useembezzled thousands of dollars

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1a: DECEIT, TRICKERYspecifically : intentional perversion of truth in order to induce another to part with something of value or to surrender a legal rightwas accused of credit card fraud
b: an act of deceiving or misrepresenting : TRICKautomobile insurance frauds
2a: a person who is not what he or she pretends to be : IMPOSTORHe claimed to be a licensed psychologist, but he turned out to be a fraud.also : one who defrauds : CHEAT
b: one that is not what it seems or is represented to beThe UFO picture was proved to be a fraud
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