DOUBLE-CROSSED Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

double-crossed

verb

past tense of double-cross

as in betrayed

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

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Recent Examples of double-crossed What Brian and Dougal don’t know is that Lovat has actually double-crossed the MacKenzies; Lovat has secretly aligned with the Crown to betray the Jacobite forces, marching both men directly into a deadly trap. — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026 Things go awry when he’s double-crossed. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026 In Play Dirty, Wahlberg stars a career criminal named Parker, who’s double-crossed by a member of his team after a robbery. — Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025 He had been double-crossed by Guzmán López, who was also on the plane and had been arranging his surrender for some time. — Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025

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betrayed

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For my body has betrayed that my personal Room 101 must be the mid-exposure realization of having miscalculated a mutual understanding.

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Infuriated and betrayed, Gabe decides to exorcize his rage by partying.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

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