The phrase "accused of arson" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts or news reports when referring to someone who has been charged with the crime of intentionally setting fire to property.
Example: "The suspect was accused of arson after the fire department determined that the blaze was deliberately set."
Alternatives: "charged with arson" or "alleged arsonist".
I've been accused of arson, threats, theft and public disorder".
This fire, which destroyed the Parliament building in Berlin and for which a Communist was accused of arson, has allowed the Nazis to consolidate their power.
SLEEPY HOLLOW -- "The Fire This Time," re-enactment of an 18th-century trial of a slave accused of arson and conspiracy.
[B1.] A DOLL'S NAME The new American Girl doll, Rebecca Rubin, below, shares a name with a woman who is wanted by the F.B.I., accused of arson.
David Grann's chilling piece in this week's magazine covers the execution, in spite of overwhelming evidence of his innocence, of Cameron Todd Willingham, a Texas man accused of arson.
He had come to the attention of police in 1995 when he was accused of arson after setting fire to a council flat he lived at in Stoke-on-Trent.
SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean court sided with China on Thursday in a fight between Beijing and Tokyo over the custody of a Chinese man accused of an arson attack at the Yasukuni Shrine for Japan's war dead.
When Mr. Nukaga's delegation met Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan of South Korea later Friday, it criticized a South Korean court's decision on Thursday not to extradite a man accused of an arson attack at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine for Japan's war dead, the Foreign Ministry said.
Douglas Frantz (NYT) GERMANY: 2 ARABS SEIZED -- In a case seen as a symbol of the recent resurgence of far-right extremism, a Moroccan, 20, and a 19-year-old Palestinian have been arrested and accused of an arson attack on a Dusseldorf synagogue on Oct. 2. The attack took place on the eve of the anniversary of German reunification.
In fact, Goshen-Gottstein said he hopes to talk to those accused of the Tabgha arson -- and perhaps persuade them to rethink their theology. .
Cases against several thousand people accused of such crimes as arson, rioting, looting and shooting were opened.
