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saboteur
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sab·o·teur  (sb-tûr)
n.
One who commits sabotage.

[French, from saboter, to sabotage; see sabotage.]

saboteur [ˌsæbəˈtɜː]
n
a person who commits sabotage
[from French; see sabotage]

One who commits sabotage. See also antiterrorism; countersabotage; sabotage.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.saboteur - someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wreckssaboteur - someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
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 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.
Translations
saboteur [ˌsæbəˈtɜːʳ] Nsaboteador(a) m/f
saboteur [ˌsæbəˈtɜːr] nsaboteur/euse m/f hunt saboteur
saboteur
nSaboteur(in) m(f)
saboteur [ˌsæbəˈtɜːʳ] nsabotatore/trice


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