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double-cross Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 to deceive someone by working only for your own advantage in the (usually illegal) activities you have planned together:
- The diamond thief double-crossed his partners and gave them only worthless fake jewels.
1 a trick in which you deceive someone when you are doing something illegal together or when you are planning to trick someone else together:
- They set up a double-cross to cheat him of his money.
2 to cheat or be dishonest to someone who trusted you
3 to trick or cheat someone who trusts you, for example, a business partner:
- After recent events in Congress, both Democrats and Republicans felt they had been double-crossed by their party leaders.

In a double-cross by other dealers, he is murdered, and then he is blamed for ripping off the mob.
Like any good spy story, The Company boasts its share of shadowy intrigue, lethal double-crosses, anonymous moles and intricate cat-and-mouse maneuvers.
There's often a double-cross over money or a woman.
I don't think anybody in the legislature would pull a double-cross.
We are not so morally or spiritually starved that we are prepared to double-cross anybody.
He remembered the double-cross, and, of course, his sympathies were with the man who was left out.
We never know whether on a given occasion they are going to double-cross us or not.
Thus, missions often turn into a comedy of errors, as everyone on the team seeks to double-cross everyone else while keeping their own secrets.