back-stabbing

noun

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

Example Sentences

Braided in with Mark’s plight is a workplace drama, full of bureaucratic back-stabbing and passive-aggressive emails of a sort that will be familiar to anyone who’s ever attended a city council meeting or watched public access TV.

From New York Times

The espionage action-thriller “13 Bombs” acutely blends quick back-stabbing with big explosions.

From New York Times

"House of Cards," which ran for six seasons on Netflix, beginning in 2013, was about a politician who made his way to the top through ruthlessness, back-stabbing and even murder.

From Salon

It took classic episodes of political horse-trading and back-slapping to happen, and it delivered a lot of back-stabbing to earlier original Californians, like Native Americans and Mexican Californios.

From Los Angeles Times

Until his short-lived uprising, Mr. Prigozhin, a civilian, frequently denounced Russia’s military command publicly, accusing it of incompetence and back-stabbing, which he said led to the insurrection.

From New York Times