To be unfairly struck, like a rock in the back of the head by someone or
something that you respected, trusted, and were
loyal to. The
striker generally is doing it to protect their own turf or to avoid being found out for what they are.
The mortgage bank that was
pushing extreme financing was suddenly fired with others that were protecting the institutions reputation by questioning the
safety of the products. These
people that were looking out for the bank were Gibraltared.