arson

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   malicious burning to destroy property

   Report has it that they do not stop at arson, treason, or murder to attain their ends, but as Prescott said, they never leave any legal proof behind them."

Simplified etymology

Arson entered English in the late 17th century as an Anglo-Norman legal term. It ultimately derives from Latin ardere, “to burn.”

From Anglo-Norman and Old French arsoun or arson ("burning; act of setting fire"), from Late Latin arsio ("a burning"), related to Latin ardere ("to burn").

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