noun
- a person who commits arson; someone who deliberately sets fire to property
Examples
- The arsonist was caught on security camera lighting the abandoned building.
- Police arrested the suspected arsonist after finding evidence at his home.
- The serial arsonist had set fire to five warehouses in the past month.
- Investigators determined that an arsonist was responsible for the forest fire.
- The arsonist received a ten-year prison sentence for destroying the school.
- Witnesses saw the arsonist fleeing the scene just before the explosion.