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View synonyms for saboteur

saboteur

[sab-uh-tur]

noun

  1. a person who commits or practices sabotage.



saboteur

/ ˌsæbəˈtɜː /

noun

  1. a person who commits sabotage

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Word History and Origins

Origin of saboteur1

1920–25; < French, equivalent to sabot ( er ) to botch ( sabotage ) + -eur -eur
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Word History and Origins

Origin of saboteur1

C20: from French; see sabotage
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Mystery surrounded the identity of the saboteurs - however last year German reports suggested a team of Ukrainian divers had hired a German yacht and sailed out into the Baltic to attack the pipelines.

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It was day one of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and Russian saboteurs were fighting with Ukrainian security forces in the centre of the Ukrainian capital.

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In the video, Gaga battles a latex-clad saboteur and is left to dance for her life to save herself from the entity ultimately in control of her fate.

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"Some infiltrators into the revolution, some saboteurs, and some weak-minded people are taking advantage of the situation in the areas that were recently liberated," he says.

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Unlike many saboteurs, the 46-year-old does not wear a mask - and was happy to be interviewed on camera.

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