back-stabbing

British  

noun

1. actions or remarks that are treacherous and likely to cause harm to a person, esp a friend or colleague

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back-stabbing

For a platform like Letterboxd, which has built its brand on reverence for film and all those who love it, selling to a company like Netflix would be a cold act of back-stabbing betrayal.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

The back-stabbing depicted in “Tár” is all too real in classical music, John Mauceri, the film’s musical adviser, writes.

From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2023

Swann moves the action to East Texas and the back-stabbing members of the Briscoe family, combining “Dallas”-style narrative juice with literary panache and a classical pedigree.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2021

The North Korean official made an apparent reference to the French complaints, saying that the United States was being accused of back-stabbing even by its allies.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2021

Despite the apology and apparent promise to stop, Hamilton had then resumed his back-stabbing campaign.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis