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arsonist

[ahr-suh-nist] / ˈɑr sə nɪst /
NOUN
one who sets fires illegally
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Once again, he is both arsonist and fireman.

From Salon Oct. 31, 2025

“This is no different than the arsonist putting out the fire.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 22, 2025

If an arsonist was found responsible in the Eaton fire, Rahmani said, that would have a huge effect on legal claims.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 9, 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

Farinacci had been struggling since the birth of his son in May 2025, according to the affidavit, and became fascinated with fires and arsonists.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

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

From Barron's Oct. 11, 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 arsonists are costing us a bloody fortune,” fumed another.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 8, 2024

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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