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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

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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.

References in periodicals archive ?

KARACHI -- The city police arrested nine suspected people including a wounded miscreant during an overnight operation in Soldier Bazaar and localities around Patel Para conducted to track down the saboteurs involved in attack on a police check post in Patel Para.

Police action in Karachi areas; 9 suspects arrested

A group of saboteurs damaged a car parked in Ras Ruman as they set ablaze trash bins to block roads and attacked police with Molotov Cocktails.

Police attacked with firebombs

TWO hunt saboteurs walked free from court after magistrates decided they had not planned to cause any harm when they disrupted a hounds exercise.

HUNT SABOTEURS CONVICTED BUT WALK FREE FROM COURT

These disturbing images show afoxthat was brutally mauled to death by hunters, according to saboteurs.

Fox ripped to pieces by up to 40 hunting dogs, saboteurs claim; WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Hunters and saboteurs clashed in Surrey after allegations a fox was killed by hounds

HUNT saboteurs claim illegal hunting is STILL taking place in the North West - more than 13 years since the ban came in to force.

meet the saboteurs! Group says it's cracking down on 'illegal hunting'

Cheshire Hunt Saboteurs meetevery Saturdayand occasionally midweek to follow various hunting groups while trying to put a stop to any potential fox hunting.

Meet the saboteurs who say they're cracking down on 'illegal hunting'; Hunts say they comply with the law - and challenge 'spurious' allegations

He said the bomb disposal squad was searching for mines and bombs in the area and that nothing could be said at this stage about the identity of the saboteurs.

Chitral school damaged in IED blast

The police must unearth the nefarious designs behind the two saboteurs act.

Durrani survives assassination bid, Gandapur critically injured, in firing , blast incidents

'These saboteurs monkey-wrenched the peace negotiations even if there is already a joint stand-down agreement that the NDFP signed with the government on June 8, as proof that the peace panels are serious in resuming the stalled talks,' he said.

Lawmaker claims DND, DILG officials working to sabotage peace talks

Also, saboteurs threw an incendiary device into Al-Mamoon Primary Boys School.

Three schools damaged by saboteurs

ACOUNCILLOR filmed launching an expletive-ridden tirade against hunt saboteurs claims they are trying to wage a "class war".

This is class war, says councillor accused of spitting at hunt saboteurs

* The "I-dont-have-time" saboteur. The combination of work, family and social commitments makes this one of the most popular saboteurs.