dou·ble-cross
ˌdə-bəl-ˈkrȯs 
double-crossed; double-crossing; double-crosses
: to deceive by double-dealing : betray
double-crosser
noun
1
a
: an act of winning or trying to win a fight or match after agreeing to lose it
b
: an act of betraying or cheating an associate
2
: a cross between first-generation hybrids of four separate inbred lines (as in the production of hybrid seed corn)
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Examples of double-cross in a Sentence
Verb
she promised to share the profits but then double-crossed us
Noun
politics is full of double crosses and backbiting
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Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
But Yakin’s script is no imitation; this is a smart, sensitive story of a young drug runner (Sean Nelson) who uses the chess strategies taught to him by his absentee father (Samuel L. Jackson) to double-cross his employer (Giancarlo Esposito).
—Jason Bailey, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Esther Kang, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Listen to this article A Connecticut man has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2016 deaths of a man and a woman shot in the North End of Hartford following a double cross scheme that involved drugs and a gun.
—Kellie Love, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2024
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Verb
Breathing fire Angry, vengeful, paranoid, a remorseless bully: These are trademark Carollo traits, according to city employees, two of his daughters, citizens who have argued with him and former allies double-crossed by him.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
But Yakin’s script is no imitation; this is a smart, sensitive story of a young drug runner (Sean Nelson) who uses the chess strategies taught to him by his absentee father (Samuel L. Jackson) to double-cross his employer (Giancarlo Esposito).
—Jason Bailey, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
Back towards the control room, In-ho finally reveals his true nature and double crosses the players who followed him to battle.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Listen to this article A Connecticut man has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2016 deaths of a man and a woman shot in the North End of Hartford following a double cross scheme that involved drugs and a gun.
—Kellie Love, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2024
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“Double-cross.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double-cross. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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