sabotage
deliberate, subversive action aimed at weakening another entity
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Summary
sabotage ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,609 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Named after: sabot[2]
- Subclass of: occurrence[3], crime[4]
- Commons category: Sabotage[5]
- Significant event: Black Tom explosion[6], Kingsland Explosion[7], Stuxnet[8], Operation Wieniec[9], Operation Belt[10], Operation Greif[11], Watergate scandal[12], active measures[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sabotage[14]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15], Office of Strategic Services[16], The Encyclopedia Americana[17], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10[18]
- Used by: Luddite movement[19], labor union[20], espionage[21], radical environmentalism[22]
- Has characteristic: intentional human activity[23], secrecy[24]
- Different from: Sabotaż[25], Sabotage[26]
- Uses: subversion[27], demoralization[28], destabilisation[29], divide and rule[30], slowdown[31], strike[32], work-to-rule[33]
- Practiced by: saboteur[34]
- Has goal: deterioration[35]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[36]
Why It Matters
sabotage has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] sabotage is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]