"arson for" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to indicate the motive or reason behind an act of arson. Example: The police suspected the man of committing arson for revenge against his former employer who had fired him.
"She led the charge against arson for profit, housing deterioration and unresponsive politicians.
Locke was found guilty of arson for setting fire to a wooden bench during the demonstration.
The arson for profit rampage that terrorized the Bronx in the 1970's.
He compared that to a filmmaker committing arson for a movie about firefighters.
Mr. Rossi, 39, was charged with first-degree arson for hire, theft by deception, arson, conspiracy, forgery and falsifying records.
On Monday, the authorities charged a homeless man with arson for lighting a campfire and leaving it unattended, igniting a blaze in southwest Austin that destroyed six homes.
An insurance adjuster pleaded guilty yesterday to operating an "arson-for-profit" scheme.
A man has admitted setting fires and has agreed to testify against a former detective who prosecutors say was the head of an arson-for-hire ring.
A Trenton-area insurance adjuster and former investigator for the Mercer County prosecutor's office was indicted yesterday on charges that he masterminded an arson-for-profit ring.
In the late 1970's, after years in which urban renewal, landlord abandonment and arson-for-hire had swept away swathes of the city's cheapest housing, more "street people" and beggars appeared on New York's sidewalks.
The judge also cited the involvement of Joseph Bald, a Queens man who was at the center of many state and federal investigations of a citywide arson-for-profit scheme.
