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backstabber

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back⋅stab

  [bak-stab]
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–verb (used with object), -stabbed, -stab⋅bing.
to attempt to discredit (a person) by underhanded means, as innuendo, accusation, or the like.
Origin:
1920–25; back 2 + stab

Related forms:
backstabber, noun
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back·stab   (bāk'stāb')   
tr.v.   back·stabbed, back·stab·bing, back·stabs
To attack (someone) unfairly, especially in an underhand, deceitful manner: "Some backstab each other and threaten to settle their differences with a punch" (Thomas Boswell).
back'stab'ber n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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