sab·o·tage /'sa-bə-ˌtäzh/ n [French, from saboter to clatter with wooden shoes, botch, sabotage, from sabot wooden shoe]
1: the willful destruction of an employer's property or the hindering of normal operations by other means
2: the injury, destruction, or knowingly defective production of materials, premises, or utilities used for war or national defense compare criminal syndicalism, sedition
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.