Crossword clues for arsonist
arsonist
- Fear son is trying to apprehend criminal
- Rosa isn't (anag) — criminal
- Does one deserve a lighter sentence?
- Insurance scammer, perhaps
- Certain criminal
- One with a burning passion
- "Backdraft" criminal
- One committing insurance fraud, maybe
- Insurance fraud perpetrator, perhaps
- Hired "torch"
- Flaming guy?
- Flame thrower?
- Fiery felon
- Cause of a bad burn?
- ''Backdraft'' criminal
- One skilled in match play
- Incendiary sinner
- Lighter?
- One with a burning desire?
- Ignition technician?
- A criminal who illegally sets fire to property
- Pyromaniac
- Felon who may get remuneration for a conflagration
- Firebug
- Kind of felon
- Lawbreaker
- Felon of a sort
- Criminal deserving the firing squad?
- One who achieves a burning ambition?
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
arsonist \arsonist\ n. 1. 1 a criminal who illegaly sets fire to property.
Syn: incendiary, firebug.
Note: The definition of this crime is varied by statues in
different countries and states. The English law of
arson has been considerably modified in the United
States; in some of the States it has been materially
enlarged, while in others, various degrees of arson
have been established, with corresponding punishment.
--Burrill.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1864, from arson + -ist.
Wiktionary
n. One who has committed the act of arson, or illegally setting fire to property.
WordNet
n. a criminal who illegally sets fire to property [syn: incendiary, firebug]
Usage examples of "arsonist".
A true copyhuman would have taken more time to study the technique and patterning of the original arsonist and made a more sincere attempt to replicate the crime exactly.
Are the DDC investors aware that Gilpin County has an arsonist on the loose?
Sometimes an arsonist made a living by burning and collecting insurance.
The arsonist was supposed to confirm that everything listed was on the premises before he set the fire.
As an expert at setting fires, who believed in keeping jobs as simple as possible, the arsonist had identified two rooms at opposite ends of the building as the best places to start a comprehensive blaze.
The arsonist could see the names of some of the documents that he had been sent to destroy openly displayed on the binders and filing boxes in the ground-floor offices.
The clients had seemed to be holding back on the matter of the documents, as if reluctant to stress their importance in case the arsonist helped himself to some of them instead of burning them.
It was a mid-week night, Wednesday, and quiet in his vicinity as the arsonist set to work on solid putty using a chisel.
The arsonist felt comfortable about being in the yard, knowing that the chances of interruption were tiny and, if he was disturbed, that his chances of running for it, and getting cleanly away, were excellent.
The arsonist propped the detached pane against the wall carefully, well out of his way, and reached into the first tackle bag.
Paying off the arsonist was not a problem - they had untraceable cash in abundance at their disposal and they had taken great care not to leave themselves open to identification by their pyrophilic agent.
The Vances were confident that it would prove a complete waste of time without information from the arsonist, but it would serve to surround Philip Hallan with suspicion.
Peter Vance favoured keeping the arsonist available in case they needed him again.
Killing the arsonist was both heavy-handed and bound to attract further police attention.
In the end, five minutes before the arsonist was due to arrive at their rendezvous for his final pay-off, the Vances reached a compromise.