backstabber

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They exchanged criticisms of each other in public, including Russell calling Verstappen a bully and Verstappen saying Russell was a backstabber.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025

Johnson ripped the front office for having too many voices and cited Pelinka as the alleged backstabber.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2020

“If your friend was complaining about you behind your back and didn’t have the guts to come up to your face and tell you, ‘I think you’re screwing up’ … that’d be a backstabber.

From Washington Times • Jan. 29, 2020

“We can admire his service in Vietnam, but also realize he was a scoundrel and backstabber as a politician,” wrote a photographer based in the New York area.

From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2018

And how’s this for ironic: the only way to avoid being branded Cap’s backstabber was to get myself embroiled in yet another scheme with the same Zach Powers.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman