Fire-raising

2 definitions found

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

  fire-raising \fire-raising\ n.
     malicious burning to destroy property; arson. [Mostly British
     usage]
  
     Syn: arson, incendiarism.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fire-raising
       n : malicious burning to destroy property; "the British term for
           arson is fire-raising" [syn: {arson}, {incendiarism}]