as in treacheries
the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another
politics is full of double crosses and backbiting
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as in betrays
to be unfaithful or disloyal to
she promised to share the profits but then double-crossed us
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Recent Examples of double crosses
Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
Wasting no time, Liridon double-crosses them in dramatic fashion, sending Shaban and Hatixhe, along with Nana and their young daughters (Aria Shala, Riga Morina, Melika Gashi), to Pristina, where Hatixhe’s married sister lives.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for double crosses
Verb
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The silliness betrays the seriousness.—
J. Aaron Sanders,
STAT,
4 Feb. 2026
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What has unfolded in Minneapolis this past month betrays our most basic values as Americans.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2026
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The left will have to decide which of these concessions are betrayals and which are necessities.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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There is the customary bellyaching about betrayals of the warrior ethos.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Double crosses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double%20crosses. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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