sabotage
noun
any underhand interference with production, work, etc., in a plant, factory, etc., as by enemy agents during wartime or by employees during a trade dispute.
have sabotaged
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present perfectof sabotage.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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According to police, the suspect is believed to have sabotaged the payment system via a cyber attack, getting the system to authorise his transaction after entering only one cent as the charged amount.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
But there’s a catch: That’s only true as long as Musk is not determined to have sabotaged the financing or influenced the banks himself, Lipton said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
But they have sabotaged themselves with two awful losses against DePaul and Saint Louis and by failing to beat any of the good teams they’ve faced since the VCU win.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2016
She might have sabotaged the readings, though, by migrating toward David in her sleep.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 8, 2016
The variable man must have sabotaged the turret.
From The Variable Man by Philip K. Dick
