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arson
noun
    1. The crime under English law of deliberately setting fire to a building, etc and which in Scots law is termed fire-raising.
Derivative: arsonist
noun
    Someone who commits this type of crime, especially habitually.
Etymology: 17c: from Latin arsio, from ardere to burn.



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