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

The most underrated film for me is probably “Saboteur,” 1942.

From Salon

Cousins makes many astute points about Hitchcock’s process, such as his use of a ramp in “Notorious” to allow Claude Rains to appear the same height as costar Ingrid Bergman in a scene, or how in “Saboteur,” viewers can’t hear the wind rustling the hair of a character dangling from the Statue of Liberty — but one can hear the character’s breathing.

From Salon

The flood of hatred got his campaign some attention from sympathetic liberals and inspired Rollins to call out the Big Tech and media complexes that spread the disinformation that inspired both the Jan. 6 agitators and the wannabe Navy saboteur.

From Slate

But, like a slinky saboteur, RNA from that same hub may wind its way to all the other hubs.

From Science Daily

So who is this man behind what seems like political hara-kiri for the opposition - an inside saboteur or a Zanu-PF proxy, as alleged by the CCC?

From BBC

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