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incendiarism

noun as in arson

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There were about twenty so punished at Canton in 1843, for incendiarism.

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Some cases of incendiarism did really occur, however, and it was just as well that the city should be guarded, and the rougher element closely looked after.

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Accidents that are preventable, caused by carelessness, laziness, and ignorance, cost more money, suffering, and life than viciousness and incendiarism, in the ratio of 3 to 1.

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Whatever outbreaks or insurrections at any time occurred, no Methodist slave was ever proved guilty of incendiarism or rebellion for more than seventy years, namely, from 1760 to 1833.

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From taking a short glance at incendiarism, the next point to be considered is polygamy — and here, again, we see the demoralizing effects of slavery.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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