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[ verb ] betray by double-dealing

Used in print

(George Harmon Coxe, Error of Judgement....)

An only child , he had done all the things that young_men do who have been born to money and social position until his father double-crossed him by dying broke .

Related terms

betray double-crosser

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[ noun ] an act of betrayal

Synonyms

double-crossing

Examples

"he gave us the old double cross" "I could no longer tolerate his impudent double-crossing"

Related terms

treachery

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