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stab in the back

VERB

attack unsuspecting person

Synonyms

WEAK

abandon backstab be disloyal be unfaithful betray break promise commit treason cross deceive double-cross finger go back on inform on play Judas sell down the river sell out trick turn in turn informer turn traitor

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President Vladimir Putin described that mutiny as a treacherous "stab in the back", but later met with Prigozhin in the Kremlin.

From Reuters • Aug. 27, 2023

Mr Spacey denied all charges - saying the allegations against him were "madness" and a "stab in the back".

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2023

The added stab in the back came when the St. Lawrence Seaway opened in 1959, making Buffalo largely irrelevant as a port.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2023

“It felt like a parenting stab in the back from the school system,” she said.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2023

Captain Black was deeply disillusioned by this treacherous stab in the back from someone in high place upon whom he had relied so confidently for support.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

stab in the back

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