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arson

[ahr-suhn] / ˈɑr sən /
NOUN
intentional burning
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Meanwhile, a team from the fire service's Arson Investigation Unit, working alongside local police officers, has launched an investigation into what caused the fires.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2025

Arson investigators and the Los Angeles Police Department’s major crimes detectives are working on the case.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2025

Arson stayed in trap mode for the next half-hour before shifting smoothly out of the simmering, drum-heavy hip-hop into mid-tempo R&B with muscular grooves and few lyrics.

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

Arson investigators are on the scene as part of the city’s protocol for structure fires, according to authorities, but a cause has not been determined.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2023

Great attention has also been given to the scientific analysis of the various indigenous drugs by Roxburgh, Wallick, Ainslie, White, Arson, Royle, Pereira, Lindlay, Richard, &c., &c.

From The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal by Bose, Shib Chunder




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