The story
- French · borrowed fromsabotage
- English todaysabotage
Unadapted borrowing from French sabotage.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A deliberate action aimed at weakening someone (or something, a nation, etc) or preventing them from being successful, through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction. Full definition →
Unadapted borrowing from French sabotage.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.