fire-raising
The fire-raiser was seen running from the burning stables.
He spoke out after a fire-raiser was released early from prison.
He was the kind of fire-raiser who would nonchalantly light his cigarettes with $5 bills.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Miscellaneous criminals
arsonist
artifice burglar
bigamist
bioterrorist
black hat
desperado
distraction burglar
distraction thief
drug dealer
embezzler
launderer
looter
lowlife
man of straw
money launderer
scofflaw
shicer
shoplifter
small-timer
smuggler