noun
- sabotage or destructive action carried out to protest environmental damage or promote ecological causes
Usage: informal; often controversial or illegal
Examples
- Environmental activists were accused of ecotage when they disabled logging equipment in the forest.
- The group denied involvement in the ecotage at the construction site.
- Some view ecotage as a necessary form of protest against corporate environmental destruction.
- Law enforcement investigated the ecotage incident at the oil pipeline facility.
- The documentary examined the ethics and legality of ecotage as a tactic for environmental protection.