double-crossed

past tense of double-cross

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Recent Examples of double-crossed What Brian and Dougal don’t know is that Lovat has actually double-crossed the MacKenzies; Lovat has secretly aligned with the Crown to betray the Jacobite forces, marching both men directly into a deadly trap. — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026 Things go awry when he’s double-crossed. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for double-crossed
betrayed
Verb
  • The alien spends much of the runtime going by the alias of John Carpenter (Jesus's profession, same initials), and is ultimately betrayed by someone close to him, Helen's sleazy boyfriend Tom (Hugh Marlowe), fulfilling Judas's role in the story.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The nature of the event has many MAHA leaders feeling betrayed.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026

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“Double-crossed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double-crossed. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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