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
Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 Jan. 2025
With a possible double-cross in play to boot?
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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
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Verb
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
With a possible double-cross in play to boot?
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 8 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
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Judas, one of the apostles, betrays Jesus and that same night, Jesus is arrested and flogged.—
Tribune News Reports,
Hartford Courant,
13 June 2025
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Thomas Gift, a political science professor at University College London, told Newsweek that many immigrants feel betrayed by current immigration policies, especially ones created under President Joe Biden.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
Noun
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That’s the treachery of this world, that’s the trap.—
Lauren Coates,
Variety,
24 May 2025
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Press play below to learn more about Wells’ treachery, and to get a sneak peek at the fugitive interacting with her latest target.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
7 Apr. 2025
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Financial elder abuse victims Financial elder abuse victims suffer affects to their psychological, emotional and physical well-being, such as feelings of betrayal, fear, guilt, depression and anxiety, according to the grand jury report.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
5 June 2025
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There’s a subtle sense that taking pleasure in domesticity might be a betrayal of my values—as if nurturing children, or even enjoying something as benign as baking, plays into oppressive tropes.—
Samantha Mann,
Time,
5 June 2025
Noun
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Lee’s campaign has asserted that a sitting president cannot be criminally prosecuted, except in cases of treason.—
Jong Eun Lee,
The Conversation,
29 May 2025
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The cost of failure would have been death on the grounds of treason.—
Daniel Twining,
National Review,
22 May 2025
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“Double-cross.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double-cross. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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