fire-raisingn.
/ˈfʌɪəˌreɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌreɪzɪŋ/ British (originally Scots Law).
The crime of setting fire to property, arson; an instance of this.
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1554 in A. I. Cameron Sc. Corr. Mary of Lorraine (1927) 391 I think ȝour lordschip may rais a summoundis..for fyir rasing.
1613 in J. R. N. Macphail Highland Papers (1920) III. 126 The Clangrigor, who war guyltie..of the fyre rysing.
1685 in London Gaz. No. 2032/3 We hereby fully Pardon and Indemnifie them for ever, of all Slaughter, Blood, Mutilation, Fire-raising, burning of Ships.
1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. i. iii. 30 Rape, murder, and wilful fire-raising.
1785 A. B. Let. to Jury-man 14 A verdict so liberal and rational as that returned by the jury..for wilful fire raising, is not often obtained in this country.
1820 W. Scott Monastery I. ix. 245 Doest thou menace the holy Church's patrimony with waste and fire-raising?
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xvii. 113 Outrages, robberies, fireraisings, assassinations.
1941 J. Cary Herself Surprised lxxvii. 195 A gentleman like Mr. W. didn't go in for fire-raising.
1976 New Scientist 30 Sept. 713/2 The Volunteer Fire Chief..has finally been charged with over 200 incidents of fire-raising.
2005 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 22 Apr. 3/5 Dunoon Police are following a definite line of enquiry into a housebreaking and wilful fire-raising that occurred in St Catherine's.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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