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What does backstab mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly in a deceitful, underhand, or treacherous manner, especially when they're not present in the place or situation that it happens. (as if stabbing them in the back). See backbite.
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One of those bandits was to backstab me, and you stopped him so I could get rid of him.
There are different factions in his campaign constantly trying to backstab each other by anonymously leaking to the press.
By doing backstab, you can get awards one combo point, and requires a dagger in the main hand.
We really are a generation that is there to work together and not be tricked into thinking we have to backstab each other to get somewhere.
The women fall out and make up, laugh and cry, support and backstab one another with dramatic regularity.
I was listening as the member for Toronto Centre got weepy, got teary-eyed in his defence of the former leader, the one that he helped backstab.

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