People who deliberately set fires to buildings or property as a crime.
From Old French 'arsine' (burning), derived from Latin 'ardere' (to burn). The -ist suffix indicates a person who commits or practices the crime of arson.
The crime of arson is one of the oldest in human law—the Code of Hammurabi (1754 BCE) specifically mentioned penalties for burning houses, showing how seriously ancient civilizations treated this crime!
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