DOUBLE CROSSES Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of double cross

as in treacheries

the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another politics is full of double crosses and backbiting

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double-crosses

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verb

present tense third-person singular of double-cross

as in betrays

to be unfaithful or disloyal to she promised to share the profits but then double-crossed us

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Wasting no time, Liridon double-crosses them in dramatic fashion, sending Shaban and Hatixhe, along with Nana and their young daughters (Aria Shala, Riga Morina, Melika Gashi), to Pristina, where Hatixhe’s married sister lives. — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026

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Someone to blame Burns knows the cost of Salem’s betrayals about as well as anyone.

— Jennifer Byrne, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026
For the last three, Corinealdi’s character, Jax, has maneuvered through family and marital stress, thrived against office politics and betrayals, endured a kidnapping, and nearly faced death before pulling through a coma after a near-fatal shooting.

— DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 12 Oct. 2026

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To take such a thing seriously in this age of nihilism and disenchantment betrays a person as potentially unserious, someone committed to abstraction, to feeling over logic and material reality.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
But the production here betrays its economy, and the direction, by Garth Davis and Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, remains earthbound, held down by mournful strings and devoid of color.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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