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
Okla Jones, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025 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
Matt Cabral, EW.com, 1 June 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for double-cross
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Wahlberg plays Parker, a blue-collar thief seeking revenge after a brutal double-cross. —Okla Jones, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025 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
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At an undisclosed rendezvous point, a different double cross is in the works. —Matt Cabral, EW.com, 1 June 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for double-cross
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Rumors began circulating in recent months as the episodes aired that Miller’s confidante Amanda Batula might have betrayed her by becoming romantically involved with Miller’s ex-boyfriend West Wilson.— Katie Campione, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
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But the plot also retains a serial quality that saps momentum and betrays its TV roots.— Naveen Kumar, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
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Inflamed by Ratansen’s adviser’s account of Padmavati’s beauty, Alauddin Khalji storms the fortress by treachery rather than valor.— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
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But Bateman's treachery also had a distinctly silly side.— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
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The album explores themes of love, betrayal, and Black identity, blending music, poetry, and film.— Caché McClay, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
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There’s misperceived betrayals, a surprise pregnancy, sudden abandonment, a sentimental reconciliation, a fatal illness and a tearful farewell.— Frank Rizzo, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
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Russia’s Federal Security Service detained a former freelance journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in eastern Siberia on charges of treason.— Bloomberg News, Bloomberg, 9 Apr. 2026
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Consider this evilmeister’s brazen acts of treason and revenge, unbounded deceit, swinish immorality and negative role modeling.— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026
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