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backstabbing

noun as in double cross

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But as with everything else associated with Trump, the whole project appears to be one part grift and one part vengeance with loyalists already backstabbing each other and currying favor with the Dear Leader.

From Salon

A gossipy and scheming group of cardinals must select the new Pope, but there is backstabbing, wheeling and dealing behind the scenes.

From BBC

Ralph Fiennes portrays Cardinal Lawrence, who questions his own devotion all while corralling his colleagues who are sequestered in Vatican City as they decide on the identity of their next spiritual leader and do some backstabbing in the process.

They were welcomed, days later, by a Wall Street Journal article relating tales of infighting, politics and backstabbing among some of the Angel City owners that was worthy of a soap opera.

It’s a fish-out-of-water comedy although, to Mahesh and Sudha, it is their neighbors who are backward and judgmental, especially Megan Hilty’s busty Janice Mills, the smiling, backstabbing conservative Christian next door.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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