fire raising
- a word derived from fire raiser.
Example Sentences
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A bid is being made to stamp out antisocial behaviour, vandalism and fire-raising at remote bothies in southern Scotland.
From BBC • Jul. 9, 2019
In Scotland the offence equivalent to arson in England is known by the more expressive name of fire-raising.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
"Perhaps Dave has guided them to the bonfire by another way, and they're just waiting to make an attack when that fire-raising gang start toward the cabins."
From The Boy Scouts on Picket Duty by Shaler, Robert
No one saw the fire lighted, but after the disaster a certain number of little fuse-sticks which the Germans frequently use for the purpose of fire-raising, and which the peasants call "macaronis," were collected.
From The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 by Various
The spirit then entered into Mrs. Chang, and the usual fire-raising began all over the place.
From The Book of Dreams and Ghosts by Lang, Andrew
