backstab

Verb

Meaning

backstab (third-person singular simple present backstabs, present participle backstabbing, simple past and past participle backstabbed)

(transitive) to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly in a deceitful, underhand, or treacherous manner, especially when they're not present in the place or situation that it happens. (as if stabbing them in the back). See backbite.

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Examples

There's something in the German language that makes you feel like you're getting a hug and a backstab at the same time. El-P

All the better—you can get in a neat backstab while their backs are turned. Source: Internet

Even Eijaz, who feels he is the king, doesn’t realise that the ones around him will backstab him first. Source: Internet

If the Shieldbearer can do her job properly, she ought to enable her sisters to flank and backstab enemies all over the arena. Source: Internet

Using bribery and relaying secret messages and missions to each player via your mobile device, you’re encouraged to sabotage and backstab your rivals at every turn. Source: Internet

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