backshoot

To shoot in the back.

Verb

  1. To shoot in the back.
    • "And there are enough witnesses who know that you and your friend tried to backshoot me," Evan said. - 2008, Robert J. Randisi, Texas Iron, →ISBN, page 31:
    • I can take anybody head-on in Anchor or Flux, but I don't want to get backshot by some jerk I can't even see while walking down an alley or across a street. - 2013, Jack L. Chalker, Empires of Flux and Anchor, →ISBN:
    • He is brave and steady under pressure when he is called out, but when someone tries to backshoot him, Maddox becomes paranoid and violent. - 2013, Bob Herzberg, Hang 'Em High, →ISBN, page 190:

Origin

From back + shoot.

Forms

backshoots backshooting backshot backshotten

Derived

backshooter