[sab.o.tage] n [F, fr. saboter to clatter with sabots, botch, sabotage, fr. sabot] (1910) 1: destruction of an employer's property (as tools or materials) or the hindering of manufacturing by discontented workers
2: destructive or obstructive action carried on by a civilian or enemy agent to hinder a nation's war effort 3 a: an act or process tending to hamper or hurt b: deliberate subversion
[2]sabotage vt -taged ; -tag.ing (1913): to practice sabotage on