saborder

saborder un bateau

scuttle a ship

Pourquoi le saborder?

Why are you throwing it on the scrap heap?

Des pirates en profitaient, et rançonnaient les voyageurs avant de saborder leurs bateaux à Cave-in-Rock, au sud de l'Illinois.

In the early 19th century, pirates such as Samuel Mason, operating out of Cave-In-Rock, Illinois, waylaid travelers on their way down the river.