double cross
noun
a betrayal or swindle of a colleague.
double-crossed
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past participleof double-cross.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof double-cross.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
double crossnouna betrayal or swindle of a colleague.
Example Sentences
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Bonnet returned to find that Blackbeard had double-crossed him and dumped most of Bonnet's crew, stripped the Revenge of supplies and sailed off with the loot.
From Salon ● May 21, 2022
Powell would not hear of it and called Burger to tell him that Hammond had been double-crossed.
From Washington Post ● May 2, 2022
After Slone double-crossed you and left you to perish on the Mothership, the cubes that powered it are now free.
From The Verge ● Sep. 13, 2021
It has double-crossed app developers who built businesses on its platform.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2019
He shouted to the crowd that he had been double-crossed.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
