arson
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Contemporary Examples of arson
Klansmen were implicated in the arson of 30 black churches in Mississippi.
In the late 1940s, he writes, there was “one racially motivated bombing or arson” every twenty days.
Zeffirelli's film was awful and creepy and over the top in all the right ways: arson, chases, death, prison, Tom Cruise.
It's a good day to remember Rodney Hulin, a physically slight teenager who was serving time for arson in a Texas prison.
But no one went through with the arson threats that were bandied about back then, says Cummins.
Historical Examples of arson
Well, I may tell you that I have a warrant to arrest him on a charge of arson.
The Hunted OutlawAnonymous
At Courbesseaux arson and pillage were also committed on the 5th of September.
Current History, A Monthly MagazineNew York Times
You're not going ashore into this hades of riot and arson, are you?
Uncle Sam's Boys as LieutenantsH. Irving Hancock
Grave suspicions of arson are entertained, but up to the present no arrest has been made.
The FreelandsJohn Galsworthy
Arson was arson; a man in prison more or less was a man in prison more or less!
The FreelandsJohn Galsworthy