backstab

Yet at every turn, Deborah finds some excuse to backstab Ava, allegedly out of some version of respect, and Ava retaliates by sabotaging herself and her boss.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2025

"You don't know who to trust, and when you do trust someone they backstab you," he says.

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2022

A backstab in Demon’s Souls sounds sharp and gives me a small shiver of excitement up my spine each time.

From The Verge ● Feb. 18, 2022

It was right place, right time or they had the guts enough to backstab their friends.

From Slate ● Dec. 8, 2021

“I do. But what does getting people to backstab each other have to do with making a good movie?”

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

He lied and backstabbed and took advantage of loopholes, and he argued — with a telegenic brashness — that this made him smart.

From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2019

Back in high school, before being mellowed by parenthood and the Golden State, Amanda backstabbed and undermined and boyfriend-stole.

From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2012

There’s a lot less backstabbing and reality nonsense that you saw in the earlier seasons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

In nonviolent settings, it leads to mean-girl-style ostracism or political backstabbing around the corporate watercooler.

From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2026

The Murdochs have never been a traditional family - one reason why their story is said to have inspired the power struggles and backstabbing in the acclaimed TV drama, Succession.

From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025

George Cukor’s black-and-white vision traipses its heroines through dress fittings, manicures and facials, day drinking and backstabbing all the way, save for an interruption by a Technicolor fashion show.

From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2025

After all, she came from a long line of backstabbing, power-hungry rivals.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby