double-cross

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To betray or go back on
If someone you trust double-crosses you, they do something which harms you instead of doing something they had promised to do. Don't try and double-cross me, Taylor, because I'll kill you = betray. to cheat someone, especially after you have agreed to do something dishonest with them cross
deceive, defraud, swindle, cheat; betray, be disloyal
doublecross
An instance of betrayal of one who has been led to believe that the betrayer was assisting thim
double cross system
The Double Cross System or XX System, was a World War II anti-espionage and deception operation of the British military intelligence arm, MI5. Nazi agents in Britain were captured and used by the British to broadcast mainly disinformation to their Nazi controllers. Its operations were overseen by the Twenty Committee, under the chairmanship of John Cecil Masterman; the name of the committee comes from the number 20 in Roman numerals: "XX"
double cross
{i} deceit, trickery, treachery, betrayal
double cross
an act of betrayal; "he gave us the old double cross"; "I could no longer tolerate his impudent double-crossing"
double cross
betray by double-dealing
double cross
{f} betray, cheat, trick, swindle
double-crosser
a person who says one thing and does another
doublecross
{f} betray, cheat, trick, swindle
doublecross
To betray someone by leading them into trap after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were actually being aided
double-cross
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