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

That doesn’t matter as much in the public discourse, but in assessing whether such a backstabber can coexist in a locker room, it’s absolutely pertinent.

From Washington Post • May 7, 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

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