Arsonist

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  arsonist \arsonist\ n.
     1. 1 a criminal who illegaly sets fire to property.
  
     Syn: incendiary, firebug.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  


     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.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  arsonist
       n : a criminal who illegally sets fire to property [syn: {incendiary},
            {firebug}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "arsonist":
     annihilator, biblioclast, bomber, burner, demolisher, destroyer,
     dynamitard, dynamiter, exterminator, fire worshiper, firebug, hun,
     iconoclast, idol breaker, idoloclast, incendiary, nihilist,
     pyrolater, pyromaniac, pyrophile, ruiner, syndicalist, terrorist,
     torch, vandal, wrecker