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
Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
He had been double-crossed by Guzmán López, who was also on the plane and had been arranging his surrender for some time.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Scott Phillips, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
In his two decades as a professional drug snitch, Jorge Hernández was a master of the double cross.
—Byjoshua Goodman, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2023
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Verb
To make Jonah's deadly double-cross even more infuriating to D'Arcy, there's a real-life connection.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
He had been double-crossed by Guzmán López, who was also on the plane and had been arranging his surrender for some time.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
When Josue double crosses his employers, he is executed for his betrayal.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
In his two decades as a professional drug snitch, Jorge Hernández was a master of the double cross.
—Byjoshua Goodman, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2023
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Verb
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The group, originally led by Seth Rollins, brutally betrayed him, which was used to write Rollins off television after an injury forced him to vacate the World Heavyweight Championship.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Greenblatt’s myth of a Romantic Marlowe almost singlehandedly pushing England into the Renaissance betrays the principles of New Historicism by shortchanging the roles of so many other key players.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Tarabay leads the cast as the titular Ashur, now thriving after his treachery.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Nov. 2025
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And when the surviving crew interrogates the android Ash about his treachery, the book has him pretty much spill the space beans.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
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The former activity can be useful; the latter is a clear betrayal.—
Damon Beres,
The Atlantic,
5 Nov. 2025
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Over the course of eight episodes, the show traces how mounting pressures, deceit and betrayal led to patriarch Alex Murdaugh murdering his wife, Maggie, and their son, Paul, in 2021.—
Brianne Tracy,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Its leader Tundu Lissu has been detained on charges of treason after Hassan’s government accused him of planning to disrupt the October 29 election.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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The country's largest opposition party Chadema was banned from contesting the elections and its leader Tundu Lissu is currently on trial on treason charges.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Double-cross.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double-cross. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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