Lexic.us

Definition of Saboteur

1. Noun. Someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks.

2. Noun. A member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader.

Definition of Saboteur

1. Noun. A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of his/her enemy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Saboteur

1. one who sabotages [n -S] - See also: sabotages

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saboteur

sabled sablefish sablefishes sableness sables sabling sably sabot sabot heart sabotage

sabotaged sabotager sabotagers sabotages sabotaging saboteur (current term) saboteurs sabotier sabotiers sabots

sabra sabrage sabras sabre sabre-rattling sabre-tooth sabre-toothed sabre-toothed cat sabre-toothed tiger

Literary usage of Saboteur

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Genocide in Iraq: The Anfal Campaign Against the Kurds by George Black (1993)
"The saboteur who turns himself in and hands over his weapon and who is ... The saboteur returning without a weapon from those areas not included in Anfal ..."

2. Bureaucracy of Repression: The Iraqi Government in Its Own Words by Joost R. Hiltermann (1994)
"Starting in 1987, anyone who refused to move out of the "prohibited areas" to the towns and housing complexes was henceforth also referred to as a "saboteur ..."

3. Creating the New World: Stories & Images from the Dawn of the Atomic Age by Theodore Rockwell (2003)
"Some safety specialists concentrate on that issue and urge that the plant be designed so that a potential saboteur, who might have eluded the security ..."

4. Creating the New World: Stories & Images from the Dawn of the Atomic Age by Theodore Rockwell (2003)
"Some safety specialists concentrate on that issue and urge that the plant be designed so that a potential saboteur, who might have eluded the security ..."

5. A Review of the EPA Water Security Research and Technical Support Action Plan by National Research Council (U.S.), Panel on Water System Security Research, Inc NetLibrary (2004)
"Even secure information distribution mechanisms may do little to prevent access from a determined saboteur, because the information will need to be ..."

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