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ecotage

n. The commission of usually illegal acts of sabotage motivated by environmentalism.

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Ecotage

Ecotage (a portmanteau of the "eco-" prefix and " sabotage") is direct action by extreme environmentalist groups (such as Earth First!) in the Western world. Ecotage is often seen as indistinguishable from acts of civil disobedience or even eco-terrorism.

Usage examples of "ecotage".

Even if Stacy had been the sugar-slinging chain swinger, his ecotage had been aborted.

Little voices on the screen chattered at speed, one claiming that the disaster was an act of ecotage perpetrated by ecoteurs from Praxis, who supposedly had drilled holes in the ice sheet and set hydrogen bombs down on the Antarctic bedrock.

But while she was running through their channels she heard enough messages to realize that there were young Red radicals whom Ann would certainly condemn, or so she hoped-people who, with the revolt still in the balance, were busy blowing up platforms in Vastitas, slashing tents, breaking pistes, threatening to end their cooperation with the other rebels unless they were joined in their ecotage and all their demands were met, etc.

But while she was running through their channels she heard enough messages to realize that there were young Red radicals whom Ann would certainly condemn, or so she hoped—people who, with the revolt still in the balance, were busy blowing up platforms in Vastitas, slashing tents, breaking pistes, threatening to end their cooperation with the other rebels unless they were joined in their ecotage and all their demands were met, etc.