backstabs

present tense third-person singular of backstab

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backstabs
betrays
Verb
  • Netflix After Jake betrays Vince by tricking him into revealing his whereabouts to Mancuso and his lackey Babbitt (Chris Coy) to protect Vince's daughter Gen (Odessa Young) and get her to safety, Jake rushes to help Vince once again escape a vengeful Mancuso's clutches.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
  • China consistently betrays these principles, of course.
    Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Backstabs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backstabs. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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