Read the excerpt from Roosevelt's Executive Order No. 9066.
Whereas the successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage to national-defense material, national-defense premises, and national-defense utilities . . . .
Which word from the excerpt has a negative connotation?
premises
sabotage
utilities
defense
Sabotage has a negative denotation. It is a kind of crime. It is an act that is meant to weaken an enemy. The others are either neutral (utilities and premises) or slightly positive (defense is certainly better than offense).
