as in to betray
to be unfaithful or disloyal to
knew what it felt like to be backstabbed by a so-called friend
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Shadows betray their trees, their heads bare, their necks a guide for the hungry.—
Nima Hasan
August 15,
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However, tensions arose when Juno betrayed David by leaking classified information to a terrorist network led by Hugo Maldonado.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
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13 Aug. 2025
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“Backstab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backstab. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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