arson

CEFRC1

/ˈɑɹsən/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The crime of deliberately setting fire to property.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A saddlebow.

Examples

  • Sami was found guilty on all arson counts.

  • The fire that broke out last night was judged to be caused by arson.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To illegally set fire to; to burn down in a criminal manner.

  2. The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.

More examples

In context

  • It was a fire by arson.

  • carry out an arson attack

  • Arson, like we thought. three punks doused a car, lit it, and took off.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The fire was no accident; the police confirmed it was blank.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Anglo-Norman and Old French arson, from the verb ardoir, from Latin ardeō (“to burn”). Compare ardent.