Usually means: Betrayal by a trusted ally.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. stab in the back: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. stab in the back, the stab in the back: Merriam-Webster
  3. stab in the back: Collins English Dictionary
  4. stab in the back: Wiktionary
  5. stab (someone) in the back, stab in the back: Dictionary.com
  6. Stab in the back: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Stab in the back, stab (someone) in the back: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Stab in the back: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Stab in the back: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Stab in the back: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stab in the back: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (stab in the back)

noun:  An act of betrayal or treachery.
verb:  (idiomatic) To betray (somebody).

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