Sabotage - Law Dictionary Search Results
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sabotage [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 ...
counter sabotage
counterintelligence designed to detect and counteract sabotage...
criminal syndicalism
criminal syndicalism : advocacy of unlawful means (as acts of violence) to bring about a change in industry or government compare sabotage, sedition ...
security
security pl: -ties 1 a : something (as a mortgage or collateral) that is provided to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation [used his property as for a loan] b : surety see also security for costs 2 : evidence of indebtedness, ownership, or the right to ownership ;specif : evidence of investment in a common enterprise (as a corporation or partnership) made with the expectation of deriving a profit solely from the efforts of others who acquire control over the funds invested [a involves some form of investment contract] see also due diligence asset-backed security : a security (as a bond) that represents ownership in or is secured by a pool of assets (as loans or receivables) that have been securitized bearer security : a security (as a bearer bond) that is not registered and is payable to anyone in possession of it cer·tif·i·cat·ed security [sər-ti-fə-kā-təd-] : a security that belongs to or is divisible into a class or series o...
sedition
sedition [Latin seditio, literally, separation, from sed apart + itio act of going, from ire to go] : the crime of creating a revolt, disturbance, or violence against lawful civil authority with the intent to cause its overthrow or destruction compare criminal syndicalism, sabotage se·di·tious [-shəs] adj se·di·tious·ly adv ...
fifth column
a group of persons inside the battle lines of a territory engaged in a conflict who secretly sympathize with the enemy and who engage in espionage or sabotage sometimes also referred to as a trojan horse...
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