Associations to the word «Arson»

Wiktionary

ARSON, noun. (uncountable) The crime of setting a fire with intent to cause damage.
ARSON, noun. (countable) An instance of such a crime.
ARSON DOG, noun. A dog trained to use its sense of smell to locate traces of accelerant at sites of a suspected arson.

Dictionary definition

ARSON, noun. Malicious burning to destroy property; "the British term for arson is fire-raising".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats