double cross
noun
a betrayal or swindle of a colleague.
double-crosser
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a word derived from
double-cross.
Example Sentences
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There’s no question of George himself being the double-crosser, because, as every character continually repeats, he doesn’t cheat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2025
The jockey is always the innocent, the agent the double-crosser.
From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2013
Murphy’s Slide never quite comes into focus in the screenplay by Ted Griffin and Jeff Nathanson—is he an amoral double-crosser, or does he come to identify with Stiller’s Robin Hood mission?
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2011
There's the vamp, the tramp, the snitch, the witch, the slink, the double-crosser and, best of all, the demon mommy.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 21, 2010
He is paid by the French to make trouble, and he's the world's long-distance double-crosser.
From Jimgrim and Allah's Peace by Talbot Mundy
