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monkeywrenching

Definitions

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  • noun The commission of usually illegal acts of sabotage motivated by environmentalism.

Etymologies

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monkey wrench +‎ -ing

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Examples

  • Activists refer to a tactic called "monkeywrenching" from the 1985 Dave Foreman/Bill Haywood-edited book "Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching."

    Green Scare State Terrorism 2008

  • Activists refer to a tactic called "monkeywrenching" from the 1985 Dave Foreman/Bill Haywood-edited book "Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching."

    Green Scare State Terrorism 2008

  • The group says it doesn't participate in "monkeywrenching" but it does offer a field guide on the tactic.

    Anarchist news dot org - Comments 2010

  • For the last eight years, Bush administration officials at the USDA have been widely criticized for "monkeywrenching" the National Organic Program.

    foodconsumer.org 2009

  • For the last eight years, Bush administration officials at the USDA have been widely criticized for "monkeywrenching" the National Organic Program.

    foodconsumer.org 2009

  • For the last eight years, Bush administration officials at the USDA have been widely criticized for “monkeywrenching” the National Organic Program.

    USDA Secretary Nominee Causes Dustup in Organic Industry 2009

  • Greeley killing Silva for pilfering, monkeywrenching?

    A Rock in the Baltic Barr, Robert, 1850-1912 1906

  • The GOP Senators need to know the enormous fear that exists across the public of more monkeywrenching of the economy by the Democrats.

    Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog 2010

  • What they told me is that my actions are categorically different than monkeywrenching.

    In These Times 2009

  • The monkeywrenching of Abbey's style was something solitary that one did at night and then snuck away and never talked about again.

    In These Times 2009

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