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sab·o·teur

(săb′ə-tûr′)

One who commits sabotage.

[French, from saboter, to sabotage; see sabotage.]

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saboteur

(ˌsæbəˈtɜː)

a person who commits sabotage

[C20: from French; see sabotage]

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sab•o•teur

(ˌsæb əˈtɜr)

n.

a person who commits sabotage.

[1920–25; < French, =sabot(er) to botch (see sabotage) + -eur -eur]

saboteur

One who commits sabotage. See also antiterrorism; countersabotage; sabotage.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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Noun	1.	saboteur - someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks diversionist, wrecker ruiner, uprooter, waster, destroyer, undoer - a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of gravestones" sleeper - a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal
	2.	saboteur - a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader fifth columnist fifth column, Trojan horse - a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst traitor, treasonist - someone who betrays his country by committing treason

saboteur

noun demonstrator, rebel, dissident, hooligan, vandal, delinquent, dissenter, agitator, protest marcher The saboteurs had planned to bomb buses and offices.

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Translations

مُخَرِّب، مَن يَقوم بِعَمَلٍ تَخْريبي

-kasabotér

sabotør

Saboteur

σαμποτέρ

saboteur

szabotáló

skemmdarverkamaîur

sabotatore

sabotør

sabotér

sabotajcı

从事破坏活动者

saboteur

[ˌsæbəˈtɜːʳ] N → saboteador(a) m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

saboteur

[ˌsæbəˈtɜː^r] n → saboteur/euse m/f hunt saboteur

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

saboteur

n → Saboteur(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

saboteur

[ˌsæbəˈtɜːʳ] n → sabotatore/trice

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sabotage

(ˈsӕbətaːʒ) noun

the deliberate destruction in secret of machinery, bridges, equipment etc, by eg enemies in wartime, dissatisfied workers etc.

verb

to destroy, damage or cause to fail by sabotage.

ˌsaboˈteur (-ˈtəː) noun

a person who sabotages. The soldiers shot the three saboteurs.

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Jonathan Taylor picked up the Saboteur Award for co-editor of the book High Spirits: A Round of Drinking Stories.

Award for author; IN BRIEF

Trial on the criminal case of an Armenian saboteur Karen Kazaryan, who was detained while trying to commit sabotage in Azerbaijan, has ended in the Ganja Court on Grave Crimes, Trend reports Feb.

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You might start off with a bang in January and then a little "saboteur" comes knocking.

Fight off New Year's resolution saboteurs

Saboteur who claimed himself to be party president is false and he is not even basic member of the party.

No place for saboteurs, their sympathizers in APML: Pervez Musharraf

These acts can be committed by the common man or the "citizen saboteur" with little preparation or tools, just the right havoc wreaking attitude which may, after all, be the "human element" in the overall act of sabotage "responsible for accidents, delays, and general obstruction under normal conditions." My radar for "things that I can steal and use in safety management" pinged after reading that last passage in the manual.

Simple sabotage: basic rules to influence productive and safe behavior

Abdul Razaq Cheema said that accused received financial support and instruction for saboteur acts from his accomplices Sameer Baloch and Hakeem alias Doctor.

Banned outfits VBIED expert held in Quetta

HUNT campaigners have vowed to carry on their centuries-old tradition, despite 10 years of saboteur efforts.

Hunters vow to carry on

Hunt campaigners have vowed to carry on their centuries-old tradition despite 10 years of saboteur efforts.

North East hunts vow to carry on their age-old tradition despite saboteur efforts; As hunts gather across the region for Boxing Day meets hunting groups say they face privately-hired investigators

Odell Brewing has shipped the most recent batch of Saboteur Brett Barrel Brown Ale, a Belgian-style brown ale aged in oak barrels with Brettanomyces.