english
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noun
crime of maliciously setting fire for profit:
The fire at the factory became a case of arson.
Simple Definitions
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crimes against property
arson
noun [ uncountable ] the crime of deliberately setting fire to a building:
• The school was completely destroyed in an arson attack.
vandalism
noun [ uncountable ] the crime of deliberately damaging things, especially public property:
• He often got into fights and committed acts of vandalism.
Longman-Thesaurus
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noun ADJ. attempted ARSON + NOUN attackCRIME (for verbs)
Oxford Collocations Dictionary