Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who commits sabotage.
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- noun A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of his/her enemy.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
- noun someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And again — the notion of a spy or saboteur is part of that reason.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » How Is This Different From Citizens United 2010
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If an American spy or saboteur is captured, he clearly gets worse treatment (and perhaps executed), although beatings are still not permitted.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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None the less, his revealing choice of the word "saboteur" - disagreement equals vandalism - sent a clear signal to every member of the public who dares to wonder what all this is about, why the changes needed are so dramatic, whether the scientific consensus is as clear as ministers say it is.
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Beckwith-Walsh, Musical Social Media Consultants. opreamadalin Business owners fear Underbelly 'saboteur' -
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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So, if an American spy or saboteur is ever captured — particularly if they operated as real terrorists — I think it’s to be expected that the people who claim to care about human rights when America’s enemies are captured will only care that much less.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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When the identity of the saboteur is revealed, O’Neill is faced with a horrifying truth and is forced into an unlikely alliance in order to fight for Earth’s future …
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While the world has been fixated with a state-sanctioned land grab of commercial farms by veterans of the country’s liberation war, the Zimbabwe government has nailed what it believes to be the main saboteur of the country’s agricultural production — a vervet monkey.
Monkey Causes Collapse of Zimbabwe Agricultural Sector | Impact Lab 2006
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She was the one that threw out the notion that the saboteur was a woman to “throw people off the sent”.
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KSM should have been classified as a saboteur, a war criminal, and summarily executed.
Polls Show Public Not Buying The Case For Terror Trials - Dan_McLaughlin’s blog - RedState 2009
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RAY: Well, a saboteur is a kind of industrial terrorist.
Trashing the Planet: How Science Can Help Us Deal with Acid Rain, Depletion of the 1991
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