: involving or being a play in basketball in which a player moves behind the defense and toward the basket to receive a quick pass
a backdoor layup
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These attacks allowed the actor to deploy backdoor accounts, spread ransomware and infiltrate sensitive systems across the network.—Jonathan Fischbein, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025 The company says the lawsuits are really a backdoor way to push back against federal immigration policy, and its pay rates are in line with Immigration and Customs Enforcement regulations.—Arkansas Online, 3 June 2025 For high-income earners, the backdoor Roth IRA strategy offers an alternative, enabling contributions through a Traditional IRA followed by a Roth conversion.—Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025 For example, clients in the U.K. can maximize their U.K. pension contributions (up to £60,000) while also making a backdoor Roth contribution in the U.S., effectively gaining exemptions in both countries.—Brian Dunhill, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for backdoor
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