arson

放火

物を傷めたり壊したりするために、わざと火をつける犯罪。

やさしい英語で： The crime of deliberately setting fire to something to damage or destroy it.

• Police suspect arson.
• He was arrested for arson.
• An arson attack destroyed the empty warehouse.

類義語： fire-setting

よく使う表現： arson attack, suspected arson, commit arson

放火事件

誰かがわざと火をつけ、被害を出した個別の事件。

やさしい英語で： A particular occasion when someone deliberately sets a damaging fire.

• Police investigated an arson at the school.
• Three arsons occurred in the same street.
• Nobody was injured in yesterday's arson.

類義語： deliberate fire

よく使う表現： series of arsons, investigate an arson