The insurance company said, "Nice try, but calling it ‘extreme redecorating’ doesn’t change the fact that it was arson."
Grandma’s chili was so spicy the fire alarm went off, but the fire chief confirmed it was NOT arson, just dangerous cooking.
The judge said, "Burning your homework is still arson, even if it was a really awful math worksheet."
In the video game, pressing A jumped, pressing B ran, and pressing both by mistake started pixelated arson all over the village.
Arson is such a serious crime that many places have special investigators called arson investigators—basically fire detectives who solve “who started this fire on purpose?” mysteries.
At midnight he poured petrol, struck a match, and set the old barn alight — arson. The child screamed 'arson', the neighbor called the police, and the street filled with smoke and fear: arson. Firefighters arrived, boots thudding, hoses attacking orange tongues; arson evidence — a lighter and petrol can — led to his arrest for arson.
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