incendiarism

1. "Seems you've been born under an unlucky star," interrupted the old woman who was imprisoned for incendiarism.
   “看样子，你生来就是这样的命，”因犯纵火罪而坐牢的老太婆插嘴说。

noun

1. malicious burning to destroy property
   1. the British term for arson is fire-raising

   Synonym:    arsonfire-raising