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  • noun Plural form of backstabber.

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Examples

  • An ethnic Serb born in Bosnia, he called Slovenes "backstabbers," and threatened to unleash his Army to "establish control and carry things to the end."

    The Army And The Dream Of Greater Serbia 2008

  • News accounts also noted an alleged reference the publisher made to HarperCollins as "backstabbers" at a taping of her Sirius Radio show Thursday.

    Regan's Fate Is Unwritten Steven Zeitchik 2006

  • Reading the article quickly, I thought they came across as being fairly genuine, I hope that time will prove this to be so and that they dont change into "backstabbers" just to gain a few thousand more sales!

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • He regularly uses Hitlerian language to describe the victims of 1915 and today; they are and were "backstabbers" "liars" "murderers" and

    unknown title 2009

  • He regularly uses Hitlerian language to describe the victims of 1915 and today; they are and were "backstabbers" "liars" "murderers" and

    unknown title 2009

  • But the actor branded the other celebs "backstabbers" and blamed them for trying to start rows.

    unknown title 2009

  • There are 10 Republican Congresspeople well known as backstabbers and Democrat party wannabes. "wtf wrote on Mar 11, 2009 1: 06 PM:

    unknown title 2009

  • A harrowing tale of paranoia in a world filled with backstabbers, do-gooders and pirouetting princesses trying to get a leg up, it should connect with anyone at the office being pushed to climb the corporate ladder.

    Michael Bialas: Denver Film Festival's Bloody Good Show: 127 Hours , Black Swan Michael Bialas 2010

  • A harrowing tale of paranoia in a world filled with backstabbers, do-gooders and pirouetting princesses trying to get a leg up, it should connect with anyone at the office being pushed to climb the corporate ladder.

    Michael Bialas: Denver Film Festival's Bloody Good Show: 127 Hours , Black Swan Michael Bialas 2010

  • A harrowing tale of paranoia in a world filled with backstabbers, do-gooders and pirouetting princesses trying to get a leg up, it should connect with anyone at the office being pushed to climb the corporate ladder.

    Michael Bialas: Denver Film Festival's Bloody Good Show: 127 Hours, Black Swan Michael Bialas 2010

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