as in treacheries
the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another
politics is full of double crosses and backbiting
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as in betrays
to be unfaithful or disloyal to
she promised to share the profits but then double-crossed us
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betrayals
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When a raging blizzard traps the group inside, secrets, lies and betrayals all bubble to the surface, and the question of who will die — and who will do the killing — becomes more and more intriguing.—
Calum Marsh,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025 -
But what happens when the writer is your beloved sister, and your whole family is kind of a disaster, with years of snubs, betrayals, and accidental and purposeful misdeeds between everyone, many of them aired in print by the writer?—
Jen Doll,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Double crosses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double%20crosses. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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