double-crosses
- present tense form of double-cross (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Metz may envision Steinhauer's story to be a twisty thriller with double-crosses, but the film is edited in ways that defuse the tension and possibly confuse the viewer.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2022
And as should be the case with any good heist thriller, No Sudden Move gets both darker and funnier as the betrayals and double-crosses pile up.
From Slate • Jul. 1, 2021
Having deployed soap-opera tricks from amnesia to double-crosses to secret babies and defeating all manner of colorful enemies along the way, where might the “Fast” family go next?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2021
He was like the character in a spy movie “who double-crosses everyone to save his own skin,” Obama writes.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2020
She figured Sciron would have no trouble believing in double-crosses, being a bandit and all.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
