DOUBLE CROSS Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

ˌdə-bəl-ˈkrȯs

Definition of double-cross

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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double cross

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noun

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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The civil lawsuit accuses Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, and his top lieutenant, Greg Brockman, of double-crossing Musk by straying from the San Francisco company’s founding mission to be an altruistic steward of a revolutionary technology. — Barbara Ortutay, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2026 Things go awry when he’s double-crossed. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026

Noun

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 Listen to this article A Connecticut man has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2016 deaths of a man and a woman shot in the North End of Hartford following a double cross scheme that involved drugs and a gun. — Kellie Love, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for double-cross

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According to Maria Palladini, former special agent for the Fish and Wildlife Service, Molt had a habit of taking couriers and dealers under his wing only to betray them.

— Rory Doherty, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
Wojnarowicz’s words are immediate and unpolished and affecting, even when he feels betrayed by their limitations.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of betray

Noun

Starring and executive produced by Saldaña and Kidman, Season 3 of Lioness sees hidden networks, foreign operatives and personal betrayals collide.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 30 July 2026
That’s only made worse by the fact that it’s treated as some kind of grand betrayal rather than an impulsive act of youthful stupidity that will make for a good story one day.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 July 2026

Definition of betrayal

Noun

The book — with its treatment of racial integration as equivalent to the death-penalty federal crime of treason — has inspired numerous acts of racist violence through the years since its publication.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Russian journalist Darya Shipacheva was convicted of treason by a Moscow court and sentenced Wednesday to 12 ‌years in a penal colony, the Interfax news agency reported.

— Reuters, NBC news, 29 July 2026

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