fireraising
(Scotland, criminal law) arson; deliberate setting of fires.
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(Scotland, criminal law) arson; deliberate setting of fires.
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- fire-raiser85%
British, and particularly Scottish legal and colloquial, term for an arsonist — someone who deliberately sets fire to property. 'Fire-raising' is the formal Scottish legal charge equivalent to arson in English law, and 'fire-raiser' is the person who commits it. The term has a slightly old-fashioned quality in everyday British English but remains current in legal and journalistic contexts, especially in Scotland, and carries the same weight of criminality and danger as 'arsonist.'
- fire-raiser75%
(British) An arsonist.
- will-fire62%
(Scottish) The need-fire.
- blaze up57%
(intransitive, of a fire) to burst into flames from a seemingly non-burning state.
- gilravage57%
(Scotland) Noisy riotous conduct.