sabotage for ecological motives, usually directed towards major polluters of the environment
ecotage in American English
(ˈekəˌtɑːʒ, ˈikə-)
noun
sabotage aimed at polluters or destroyers of the natural environment
Word origin
[1970–75; eco- + (sabo)tage]This word is first recorded in the period 1970–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: New Age, consciousness-raising, relational database, salsa, stress testeco- is a combining form representing ecology in the formation of compounds (ecosystem; ecotype); also with the more general sense “environment,” “nature,” “natural habitat” (ecocide; ecolaw; ecopolitics)