as in to betray
to be unfaithful or disloyal to
she promised to share the profits but then double-crossed us
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as in treachery
the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another
politics is full of double crosses and backbiting
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Recent Examples of double-cross
Okla Jones, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
In Play Dirty, Wahlberg stars a career criminal named Parker, who’s double-crossed by a member of his team after a robbery.
—Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Matt Cabral, EW.com, 1 June 2025
Back towards the control room, In-ho finally reveals his true nature and double crosses the players who followed him to battle.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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Verb
Wahlberg plays Parker, a blue-collar thief seeking revenge after a brutal double-cross.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
In Play Dirty, Wahlberg stars a career criminal named Parker, who’s double-crossed by a member of his team after a robbery.
—Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
At an undisclosed rendezvous point, a different double cross is in the works.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 1 June 2025
Back towards the control room, In-ho finally reveals his true nature and double crosses the players who followed him to battle.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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Raring to go, all the top military brass, including the agitated Eisenhower and his supercilious British counterpart General Bernard Montgomery (Damian Lewis), act as though the rational, needfully single-minded man of science has personally betrayed the mission.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
27 May 2026
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Perry’s grieving mother accuses Iwamasa of betraying his duty to protect her son.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
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Upon learning of Ava’s treachery, Deborah HOWLS.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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Inflamed by Ratansen’s adviser’s account of Padmavati’s beauty, Alauddin Khalji storms the fortress by treachery rather than valor.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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When his former lover returns under the pretense of old affection and his wife edges toward betrayal, Owen resolves to write, direct, and star in a new production of his own.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 May 2026
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Paz and Renee open the cages and free the creatures, thanks to the betrayal of security chief Hank (Eric Edelstein).—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Over the past year, a group of lawyers recorded 486 state treason and espionage cases brought against Russian scientists, bureaucrats, military figures, and other government employees.—
Anna Nemtsova,
Time,
23 May 2026
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Deliberation continued for months before Burr was acquitted, in a strict reading of the definition of treason that still echoes today.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 May 2026
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