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a trick in which you deceive someone when you are doing something illegal together or when you are planning to trick someone else together: They set up a double-cross to cheat him of his money. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
to 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. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Cheating & tricking. anti-fraud. bad faith. bamboozle. bilk. blackmail. deceive. diddle. fiddle.
The meaning of DOUBLE-CROSS is to deceive by double-dealing : betray. How to use double-cross in a sentence.
double-cross. noun [ C ] us / ˌdʌb. ə lˈkrɑːs / uk / ˌdʌb. ə lˈkrɒs / a trick in which you deceive someone when you are doing something illegal together or when you are planning to trick someone else together: They set up a double-cross to cheat him of his money. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Double cross definition: a betrayal or swindle of a colleague.. See examples of DOUBLE CROSS used in a sentence.
to cheat or trick someone who trusts you (usually in connection with something illegal or dishonest) He double-crossed the rest of the gang and disappeared with all the money.
1. a betrayal or swindle of a friend or colleague. 2. the act of winning or attempting to win a contest that one has agreed to lose. 3. a genetic cross in which both parents are first-generation hybrids from single crosses. [1825–35] dou′ble-cross′. v.t. to betray or swindle, esp. by an action contrary to an agreed upon course. [1900–05]
