as in betraying
to be unfaithful or disloyal to
she promised to share the profits but then double-crossed us
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betraying
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This time, though, his radar had been skewed, betraying a player with fewer than 400 minutes of top-flight experience to his name before Saturday’s game.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025 -
And there’s also the suggestion that Michaela believes Simone is betraying the feminist cause by settling at such a young age for the role of plus-one to a wealthy man who treats his relationships like a transaction.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Double-crossing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double-crossing. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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