arsonist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of arsonist
Example Sentences
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The revelations — unveiled in a criminal complaint and attached affidavit Wednesday charging the alleged arsonist, Jonathan Rinderknecht — raise questions about what the Los Angeles Fire Department could have done to prevent the conflagration.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 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
And he appeared just as often in more popular fare, playing a spacey tank commander in “Kelly’s Heroes,” a demented arsonist in “Backdraft” and an authoritarian president in the “Hunger Games” films.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2024
On February 27, 1933, one month after Hitler’s appointment, a known Communist and arsonist set fire to the Reichstag, the parliamentary building.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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