Saboteur
noun
A person who intentionally harms or stops a system, effort, or activity from being successful.
The company's computer system was seriously damaged by a saboteur who infected it with a virus.
Often appears as...
- a suspected saboteur
- catch the saboteur
noun
A person who destroys or damages something as a protest or to stop its success.
Competitors may act as saboteurs and disrupt our promotional event.
Often appears as...
- political saboteur
- industrial saboteur
noun
A person who intentionally harms or stops a system, effort, or activity from being successful.
The company's computer system was seriously damaged by a saboteur who infected it with a virus.
Often appears as...
- a suspected saboteur
- catch the saboteur
noun
A person who destroys or damages something as a protest or to stop its success.
Competitors may act as saboteurs and disrupt our promotional event.
Often appears as...
- political saboteur
- industrial saboteur
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Intentional Harm
Often involves deliberate actions to damage an organization or operation.
The saboteur tampered with the equipment to halt production.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Criminal
'Saboteur' implies purposeful disruption, not necessarily illegal actions.
The activist became a saboteur, disrupting the meeting to draw attention to the cause.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
The word carries a negative tone, suggesting disapproval of the actions.
The manager warned that any saboteur within the team would be fired.
Pro Tip 1/3Intentional Harm
Often involves deliberate actions to damage an organization or operation.
The saboteur tampered with the equipment to halt production.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Criminal
'Saboteur' implies purposeful disruption, not necessarily illegal actions.
The activist became a saboteur, disrupting the meeting to draw attention to the cause.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
The word carries a negative tone, suggesting disapproval of the actions.
The manager warned that any saboteur within the team would be fired.
Pro Tip 1/3Intentional Harm
Often involves deliberate actions to damage an organization or operation.
The saboteur tampered with the equipment to halt production.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Criminal
'Saboteur' implies purposeful disruption, not necessarily illegal actions.
The activist became a saboteur, disrupting the meeting to draw attention to the cause.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
The word carries a negative tone, suggesting disapproval of the actions.
The manager warned that any saboteur within the team would be fired.
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agitatorconspiracydissenterdissidentmalcontentradicalisationsubversivetroublemaker
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Futility of War PIPE...
royal and humphreys immediately identified themselves as escaped prisoners of war for any RAF man on the run in Germany wearing civilian clothes it was always the danger that he might be seen as a saboteur or as a secret agent and so
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John Hunter: Teaching...
So I also have in the game a saboteur -- some child -- it's basically a troublemaker -- and I have my troublemaker put to use because they, on the surface, are trying to save the world and their position in the game.
Video examples
Futility of War PIPE...
royal and humphreys immediately identified themselves as escaped prisoners of war for any RAF man on the run in Germany wearing civilian clothes it was always the danger that he might be seen as a saboteur or as a secret agent and so
Video examples
John Hunter: Teaching...
So I also have in the game a saboteur -- some child -- it's basically a troublemaker -- and I have my troublemaker put to use because they, on the surface, are trying to save the world and their position in the game.
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Jerry Saltz
American Critic
A saboteur in the house of art and a comedienne in the house of art theory, Lawler has spent three decades documenting the secret life of art. Functioning as a kind of one-woman CSI unit, she has photographed pictures and objects in collectors' homes, in galleries, on the walls of auction houses, and off the walls, in museum storage.
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Manny Farber
American Artist
From Here to Eternity' happens to be fourteen-carat entertainment. The main trouble is that it is too entertaining for a film in which love affairs flounder, one sweet guy is beaten to death, and a man of high principles is mistaken for a saboteur and killed on a golf course.
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Meghan O'Rourke
American Poet
Grief is a bad moon, a sleeper wave. It's like having an inner combatant, a saboteur who, at the slightest change in the sunlight, or at the first notes of a jingle for a dog food commercial, will flick the memory switch, bringing tears to your eyes.
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Mark Leyner
American Author
Sometimes I think my purpose is as a saboteur when I'm working with other people, derailing what they're trying to do or taking things to a ludicrous extremity.
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Tim Vine
British Comedian
You see I'm against hunting, in fact I'm a hunt saboteur. I go out the night before and shoot the fox.
Quote examples
Jerry Saltz
American Critic
A saboteur in the house of art and a comedienne in the house of art theory, Lawler has spent three decades documenting the secret life of art. Functioning as a kind of one-woman CSI unit, she has photographed pictures and objects in collectors' homes, in galleries, on the walls of auction houses, and off the walls, in museum storage.
Quote examples
Manny Farber
American Artist
From Here to Eternity' happens to be fourteen-carat entertainment. The main trouble is that it is too entertaining for a film in which love affairs flounder, one sweet guy is beaten to death, and a man of high principles is mistaken for a saboteur and killed on a golf course.
Quote examples
Meghan O'Rourke
American Poet
Grief is a bad moon, a sleeper wave. It's like having an inner combatant, a saboteur who, at the slightest change in the sunlight, or at the first notes of a jingle for a dog food commercial, will flick the memory switch, bringing tears to your eyes.
Quote examples
Mark Leyner
American Author
Sometimes I think my purpose is as a saboteur when I'm working with other people, derailing what they're trying to do or taking things to a ludicrous extremity.
Quote examples
Tim Vine
British Comedian
You see I'm against hunting, in fact I'm a hunt saboteur. I go out the night before and shoot the fox.
Example 1 of 5
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