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arsonist

[ahr-suh-nist] / ˈɑr sə nɪst /
NOUN
one who sets fires illegally
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Haney repeatedly asked jurors and witnesses why an arsonist would immediately call 911 after setting a fire.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

The one damaged by an arsonist in the fall of 2024 shortly after a multimillion-dollar refurbishment?

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 22, 2026

Once again, he is both arsonist and fireman.

From Salon Oct. 31, 2025

Indeed, Mark Zuckerberg offering Instagram-specific screen-time reports and time limits has the whiff of an arsonist handing out firefighting tips.

From Slate Sep. 5, 2025

He’d grown up being called a freak, an arsonist, because whenever he got angry, things burned.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

Earlier this week, Muir rejected claims of no consequences for those who start rural fires and said arsonists could face prison in some cases.

From BBC May 2, 2026

His government banned construction on land affected by the blazes, and pledged harsher penalties for arsonists.

From Barron's Oct. 11, 2025

San Bernardino County Supervisor Dawn Rowe praised investigators and prosecutors for sending a message that arsonists will be held accountable for their destructive actions.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2025

That has not stopped idle speculation that the Palisades had been targeted by arsonists to bring down the area’s richest neighborhoods, or that angry arsonists had started all the fires.

From Salon Jan. 13, 2025

These different features are then arranged so that a great variety of clergymen, murderers, senators, embezzlers, artists, dynamiters, humorists, arsonists, larcenists, poets, statesmen, base ball players, rinkists, pianists, capitalists, bigamists and sluggists are easily represented.

From Remarks by Bill Nye




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