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arson

noun as in intentional burning

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Later in the day, the Sheriff’s Department said in a news release that its own Arson Explosives Detail was investigating, with assistance from the FBI.

They include two felony counts of murder, one felony count of kidnapping, two felony counts of arson of property, and two felony counts of first-degree burglary.

After treatment, Gonzalez was transported to Ventura County Jail and booked on suspicion of arson and resisting arrest, resulting in an injury to an officer.

Ken McCallum, head of the UK's domestic intelligence agency MI5, said last month that Russian secret agents had carried out "arson, sabotage and more dangerous actions conducted with increasing recklessness" after the UK had helped Ukraine in Russia's war.

From BBC

That fire followed the intentional burning of several ballots in Arizona in an apparent arson.

From Salon

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