Incendiarism

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act or practice of an incendiary; malicious burning.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act or practice of maliciously setting fires; arson.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act or practice of burning property; arson.
  • noun. Inflammatory or provocative action; instigation.
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  • noun. malicious burning to destroy property
  • Word Usage
    "All persons who, during the past year, had fallen into gross sins, such as incendiarism, theft, adultery, witchcraft, and so forth, were expected to contribute 28 ngugas, or a little over £2."
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