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<k_ele>
<keb>破壊活動</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>はかいかつどう</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>subversive activities</gloss>
<gloss>sabotage</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2023-04-21 14:48:12" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Brian Krznarich</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>When looking up sabotage for 破壊工作, wikipedia was an obvious place to check.  It had another term (this one).

This is the wikipedia headword/xref for "sabotage".  Double the ngrams of 破壊工作 and 妨害工作. reverso mostly gives "sabotage", also "destruction" and "vandalism" in some contexts.  Interestingly eow.alc.co.jp does not give "sabotage".  Seems like an oversight. You might have some other glosses you'd like, but I think it is probably appropriate for "sabotage" to be among them.

Here's an interesting news story as Trump was exiting the whitehouse
https://www.newsweekjapan.jp/stories/world/2020/11/post-94954.php
政権移行期にトランプがやりそうな「破壊活動」
Trump Has 70 Days to Undermine Joe Biden, Even If He Eventually Concedes

"sabotage the incoming president" is certainly a common-enough English expression (unfortunately).</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A0%B4%E5%A3%8A%E6%B4%BB%E5%8B%95
破壊活動
サボ（木靴）
破壊活動（はかいかつどう、フランス語: sabotage）

Reverso, mostly sabotage.  A few "vandalism"
https://context.reverso.net/translation/japanese-english/%E7%A0%B4%E5%A3%8A%E6%B4%BB%E5%8B%95

破壊活動	73267	35.7%
破壊活動家	192	0.1%

破壊工作	37932	18.5%
サボタージュ	71216	34.7%
妨害工作	22879	11.1%

https://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=%E7%A0%B4%E5%A3%8A%E6%B4%BB%E5%8B%95
an act of destruction
destructive activity
a disruptive activity
subversive act
subversive activity
subversive work</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-04-21 22:45:28" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I don't think the 3rd gloss helps.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>GG5</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;subversive activities&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -13,2 +13,0 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;subversive activities&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;destructive activity&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>