double-crossverb [ T ]
uk/ˌdʌb.əlˈkrɒs/us/ˌdʌb.əlˈkrɑːs/informalto 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.
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Cheating & tricking
- a numbers game idiom
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- fleece
- gag
- hoodwink
- impersonate
- jape
- jiggery-pokery
- lead sb a (merry) dance idiom
- poison
- scam
- scammer
- screw
- sell sb a bill of goods idiom
- send/give out (all) the wrong signals idiom
- shaft
- wool
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Disloyalty, betrayal & treason
double-cross
noun [ C ] ukus
They set up a double-cross to cheat him of his money.