Backstab and Sell

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Backstab verb - To be unfaithful or disloyal to.

Usage example: knew what it felt like to be backstabbed by a so-called friend

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Sell and backstab are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sell" instead a verb "Backstab".

Sell verb - To offer for sale to the public.

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Backstab and sell are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Backstab" instead a verb "Sell".

Nearby Words: sellout, selling, seller, sellable

King Siggeir is so angry that Sigmund refuses to sell him the sword that he decides to backstab the Volsungs to get the sword by force.

Source: Literature / The Saga of the Volsungs aka: Volsunga Saga
On the other hand, he can sell people to an insane cult, presumably to be raped — but when they backstab him and threaten to eat him alive for the crime of being younger than them (and ate the others immediately), he cleans out the -entire- fort out of spite.

Source: Even Evil Has Standards / Video Games

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