SABOTAGE

PRONUNCIATION: (SAB-uh-tazh)

MEANING: verb tr.: To disrupt, damage, or destroy, especially in an underhanded manner.
noun: An instance of such subversion.

ETYMOLOGY: From French saboter (to walk noisily, to botch), from sabot (wooden shoe). Earliest documented use: 1910.

NOTES: The popular story of disgruntled workers throwing their sabots into the machinery to jam it is not supported by evidence. Rather, it’s that the workers typically wore sabots.
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SABOTANGE - an angel in wooden shoes

SAABOTAGE - short-circuiting the assembly line while working under cover for General Motors

JABOTAGE - frilly lace bibs for women's blouses

SABOTAGUE - Louis XVI's feet hurt parce que his shoes were too tight