Definition of: sabotage

(sab′ə·täzh, Fr. sá·bô·tázh′) noun
An act of malicious damage; deliberately poor workmanship intended to cause damage, obstruction of plans, aims, etc., as in secret resistance to an enemy: sometimes resorted to by workmen to secure compliance with demands.
—v.t. & v.i. ·taged, ·tag·ing To engage in, damage, or destroy by sabotage. [<F <saboter work badly, damage <sabot a sabot; with ref. to damage done to machinery with sabots]