🇬🇧 Saboteur meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A saboteur is someone who secretly tries to mess things up on purpose so a plan, machine, or event doesn’t work. They might break things, press wrong buttons, or cause trouble quietly so others fail or get confused. A saboteur doesn’t just make an accident—they choose to ruin or stop something on purpose, often in a sneaky way.

The video-game saboteur waited until the boss battle and then “accidentally” sat on the power button.

A board-game saboteur kept moving the game pieces when nobody was looking—then acted shocked at the chaos.

The cookie saboteur licked every cookie and put them back so no one else wanted to eat them.

A bathroom saboteur used the last of the toilet paper and left only the cardboard roll of doom.

In real life, saboteurs have damaged railways, factories, and machines during wars to stop the enemy—but my little brother just sabotages my snacks.

A school play almost falls apart when lights short out and ropes fall. A saboteur slips backstage, a saboteur with a small knife cutting wires, a saboteur smiling as curtains tear. The director cries, the children freeze. A parent spots the saboteur, pulls him out. The crowd gasps, then repairs the set and cheers. The saboteur is led away.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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