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Date: 1900-2000
Language: French
Origin: saboter; SABOTAGE2

saboteur

 noun
     
sab‧o‧teur [countable]
someone who deliberately damages, destroys, or spoils someone else's property or activities, in order to prevent them from doing something:
The lorries were wrecked by saboteurs.
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