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Answer for the clue "Crime of arson ", 12 letters:
fire-raising

Word definitions for fire-raising in dictionaries

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Fire-raising might refer to:

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
fire-raising \fire-raising\ n. malicious burning to destroy property; arson. [Mostly British usage] Syn: arson, incendiarism.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. malicious burning to destroy property; "the British term for arson is fire-raising" [syn: arson , incendiarism ]

Usage examples of fire-raising.

He says that Sir Deveron has scried out the hiding place of one of the fire-raising thieves, Scarth Saltbeck.

All the ballads of fire-raising, a very usual practice, have points in common, and transference was easy.

At Amherst too, as in a pair of recent Russian cases and others, there was plenty of fire-raising.