saboteur

[sab-uh-tur]

noun

1. a person who commits or practices sabotage.

saboteur

/ ˌsæbəˈtɜː /

noun

1. a person who commits sabotage

Word History and Origins

Origin of saboteur¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of saboteur¹

C20: from French; see _sabotage

Example Sentences

He told the assembled workers - who'd been informed they faced redundancy just a week earlier - there would be an effort to root out "saboteurs" within the company.

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German authorities are also seeking to extradite the man who they say was the commander of the pipeline saboteurs.

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Russian saboteurs, disguised as Ukrainian soldiers or civilians, have also strayed beyond the front line to set up booby traps, further blurring the line between civilian areas and the battlefield.

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One can see the parallels to Ukraine’s strategy of striking Russian oil and logistics networks with drones and saboteurs.

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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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