Found 2 items, similar to arson.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: arson arson n : malicious burning to destroy property; “the British term for arson is fire-raising” [syn: incendiarism, fire-raising]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Arson Arson \Ar"son\ ([aum]r"s'n; 277), n. [OF. arson, arsun, fr. L. ardere, arsum, to burn.] (Law) The malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is felony; the malicious and voluntary firing of a building or ship. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]