English-Thai Dictionary

arson

N การ ลอบ วางเพลิง  firing pyromania kan-lob-wang-pleng

 

arsonist

N นัก วางเพลิง  ผู้ ที่ ลอบ วางเพลิง  nak-wang-pleng

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ARSON

n.'arsn. In law, the malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is felony. The definition of this crime is varied by statutes in different countries and states. In Connecticut, the burning not only of a dwelling house or contiguous building, but of a ship or other vessel, is declared to be arson, if human life is thereby destroyed or put to hazard.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ARSON

Ar "son, n. Etym: [OF. arson, arsun, fr. L. ardere, arsum, to burn. ](Law )

 

Defn: The malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is felony; the malicious and voluntary firing of a building or ship. Wharton.

 

Note: The definition of this crime is varied by statues in different countries and states. The English law of arson has been considerably modified in the United States; in some of the States it has been materially enlarged, while in others, various degrees of arson have been established, with corresponding punishment. Burrill.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

arson

ar son |ˈärsən ˈɑrsn | ▶noun the criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property: police are treating the fire as arson | [ as modifier ] : an arson attack. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: an Anglo-Norman French legal term, from medieval Latin arsio (n- ), from Latin ardere ‘to burn. ’

 

arsonist

ar son ist |ˈärsənist ˈɑːrsənɪst | ▶noun a person who commits arson: police believe arsonists were responsible for both fires.

 

Oxford Dictionary

arson

arson |ˈɑːs (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property: police are treating the fire as arson | [ as modifier ] : an arson attack. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: an Anglo-Norman French legal term, from medieval Latin arsio (n- ), from Latin ardere ‘to burn ’.

 

arsonist

ar ¦son |ist |ˈɑːs (ə )nɪst, ˈɑːsənɪst | ▶noun a person who commits arson: police believe arsonists were responsible for both fires.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

arson

arson noun the fire is being treated as arson: pyromania, incendiarism; informal torching.

 

arsonist

arsonist noun police suspect this latest fire is the work of an arsonist: incendiary, pyromaniac; informal firebug, pyro, torch.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

arson

arson noun the fire is being treated as arson: incendiarism, pyromania, firebombing; Brit. fire-raising.

 

arsonist

arsonist noun an arsonist is thought to have caused the blaze: incendiary, pyromaniac, firebomber; Brit. fire-raiser; informal firebug, pyro; N. Amer. informal torch.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

arson

ar son /ɑ́ː r s (ə )n /名詞 U 〘法 〙放火 (罪 ).～ist 名詞 C 〘法 〙放火犯 (人 ).