English▸ verb
( sabos, saboing, saboed)
[with object] (in Singapore English) deliberately cause trouble or inconvenience to (someone), especially in order to gain a personal advantage: he condemned the current bidding system and accused the minister of saboing him
they've been saboed by the media.
▪ play a trick or practical joke on (someone):
they all saboed him with water, egg, and glue.
▸ noun [mass noun] (in Singapore English) the action of deliberately causing trouble or inconvenience to someone:
there were murmurs of 'sabo'
[as modifier] he has decided to be a sabo king and do a number on the persons who have helped him.
▪ the playing of tricks or practical jokes:
sabo is today's in thing
[count noun] he went to his co-star's trailer to pull off a stinky sabo
[as modifier] being the victim of a sabo attempt is no fun.