付つけ火び

noun

arson; incendiarism

Refers to the act of deliberately setting a fire, often in a criminal context. More specific than 放火 (ほうか), which is the legal term for arson.

• 警けい察さつは付つけ火びの疑うたがいで男おとこを逮たい捕ほした。

  The police arrested a man on suspicion of arson.

• その火か事じは付つけ火びによるものだった。

  The fire was caused by arson.