backstab

Example Sentences

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“There’s the king, and he loses the faith of everyone that was loyal. He backstabs them, they backstab him.”

From New York Times

AOC agrees with you – she basically said that verbatim, right after another player blatantly lied to her face and then proceeded to backstab her to win the game!

From The Guardian

“You are a rat, a stoolie. You backstab your friends,” Mr. Stone emailed Mr. Credico in April 2018.

From New York Times

Back for its second season, heroes are in short supply while an ensemble of entertainingly loathsome and amoral characters backstab and sabotage each other as they battle for power and control within a global media empire.

From Los Angeles Times

But with its roots in opera, as a term used to exalt a singer for her divine talent, it’s also a barb flung with an eye-roll, not a backstab—and sometimes even a “yass!”

From Slate