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noun

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Recent Examples of double-cross
Verb
At owners meetings, she’s double-crossed and leered at by older men. Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025 The film centers on Wahlberg’s professional thief, Parker, who after being double-crossed and left for dead, sees his hunt for revenge bring with it a shot at the biggest heist of his career. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
In his two decades as a professional drug snitch, Jorge Hernández was a master of the double cross. Byjoshua Goodman, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2023 Which leaves Vic to double cross his sister by turning her in to police. Breanna Bell, Variety, 30 Sep. 2023 See All Example Sentences for double-cross
Recent Examples of Synonyms for double-cross
Verb
  • When reality stars act in a way that is offensive or seemingly out of character, audiences feel betrayed.
    Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 10 July 2025
  • Some have been corrupted by money and power, betraying each other as readily as the criminals do.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • The six-parter, to debut July 14, follows six groups of friends, and six historical cases of murder and treachery among them.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
  • But amid the bloodbaths and treacheries, Westeros still penciled in time for a little romance — some more compelling than others (Jon and Ygritte > Jon and Daenerys).
    Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The stories are compelling, often blending sure-fire elements of true crime, psychology (primarily the surrender and loss of self, replaced with a groupthink mentality), deception, betrayal and all manner of drama.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Conan Edogawa and Detective Kogoro Mouri join the Nagano prefectural police to investigate a break-in at the observatory while uncovering a deeper plot involving undercover agents, betrayal, and vengeance.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • The South committed treason against the Constitution to protect slavery.
    Zaakir Tameez June 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
  • Lissu — who survived being shot 16 times in a 2017 assassination attempt — was arrested in April on treason charges.
    Kate Bartlett, NPR, 7 June 2025

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“Double-cross.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double-cross. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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