The answer is: sabotage.
The connotation of a word is the idea or feeling of the word besides its literal meaning. In the excerpt from Roosevelt's "Executive Order No. 9066," the word sabotage means to destroy, damage or prevent something for political or military convenience.
The rest of the alternatives are incorrect because their meanings do not imply an unfavorable thought. In that respect, premises are propositions from which others are assumed as a conclusion; the term utilities refers to services; and defense is the action of resisting attack.