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- noun Plural form of
arsonist .
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Examples
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Federal Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, supported Kevin Rudd in calling the arsonists “mass murderers”.
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His target is hedge funds, which he calls "arsonists" and which, he claims, used credit default swaps - a form of tradeable insurance contract against the risk that a bond issuer defaults - to bet against Greek bonds and the Government's solvency.
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The "arsonists" are to be found everywhere in our investment community (a better term would be juvenile delinquent gang) and they are profiting mightily: pension funds make hefty premiums from selling CDS, investment banks make fat profits by "making markets" (e.g. Greek CDS commonly have 20 bp bid-offer spreads) and by attacking bonds directly, hedge funds make a quick buck by buying and selling CDS.
Between the Hedges Gary 2010
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Imagine there are thousands of "arsonists" taking out billions of dollars worth of insurance on your $350,000 dollar home, knowing full well they will reap obscene profits when subsidiary servicers pour on incendiary practices and light the fire.
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And that evaluation, conducted in accordance with current scientific knowledge about fire, arguably has huge implications for some probably-innocent convicted "arsonists" now sitting in prison.
Grits for Breakfast 2009
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Many people are using the term "arsonists" as a loose metaphor for people who share the blame for the current financial crisis.
Angry Bear 2008
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"arsonists," in reality guilty innocents who were ruthlessly murdered in cold blood.
Raw Story 2009
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Temperance halls were set ablaze, sometimes by lone arsonists but often by volunteer Irish “fire companies.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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During this time, arsonists set fire to several black homes, and Italian shop owners on the Near West Side began refusing to serve African American customers.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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One month after the school strike, ten African Americans died in a Near West Side apartment building set ablaze by arsonists.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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