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Definition of Firebug
1. Noun. A criminal who illegally sets fire to property.
Specialized synonyms: Barnburner
Generic synonyms: Criminal, Crook, Felon, Malefactor, Outlaw
Derivative terms: Arson
2. Noun. A true bug: brightly colored bug that can exude a stain.
Definition of Firebug
1. Noun. a common red and black insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae. ¹
2. Noun. (slang) a pyromaniac or arsonist. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Firebug
1. an arsonist [n -S] - See also: arsonist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Firebug
Literary usage of Firebug
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fire Insurance Contract: Its History and Interpretation, Comp. and Ed by Insurance Society of New York (1922)
"Likewise, we have no such firebug gangs as were in existence in earlier days.
... These firebug gangs operated largely in New York and Newark, but after Mr. ..."
2. Insurance and Crime: A Consideration of the Effects Upon Society of the by Alexander Colin Campbell (1902)
"Among insurance men, the firebug is recognised as a fact, and is counted upon as
an element in the risk. Moreover, it is known and recognised that the most ..."
3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1913)
"... Germ of death: The firebug; The confidence king; The sand-hog: The white slave:
The forger; The unofficial spy: The smuggler; The invisible ray; ..."
4. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1906)
"... nigger-trader, horse-thief, and firebug from the most notorious rascal-nest
in Galves- ton; and this was a thing which that poor old gentleman couldn't ..."
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