Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun one who double-crosses another; a person who says one thing and does another.
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- noun One who
double-crosses .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who says one thing and does another
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Examples
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None of your sibling's superlatives fit you; you are neither the prettiest nor the wiliest, neither the snake-charmer nor the double-crosser.
forestry 2010
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"Say, that double-crosser was supposed to take off with Radnor," he cried as the boys dashed outdoors.
I, TOO, DREAM.... 2010
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She’s contracted to return a wealthy millionaire’s son back from Hong Kong the term ‘designer-drug market’ is only mentioned twice but is still overused, and when that plan goes south, she runs through the next 6 hours of the game looking to bitch-slap the double-crosser and his henchmen.
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Schary also pointed out that few audience members agreed with Cohen's reading of Monty: "To the American audiences polled, he is cowardly (he runs), a double-crosser (he kills his best friend), he hates 'civilian' soldiers (who comprised perhaps 95% of our armed forces), and he is sweaty and sloppy (no bobby-soxer virtue for heroes)."
Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007
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The back stabbing, Bushwhacking Dubya, (short for double-crosser) gave our jobs to foreigners, and now we pay taxes, our hard earned money, American taxes, to foreign banks.
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If Jaxon had not been involved, she would have reached up and choked the life from the double-crosser.
Savor Me Slowly Gena Showalter 2008
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I just can't believe he didn't know his wife was a dirty double-crosser, the poor sad sucker ...
diaspora 2005
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I'm now in the position of a liar and a double-crosser.
A Case of Courage 2007
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Chatsworth "closed and safe and some double-crosser is trying to open Chatsworth up".
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And one of the -- you know, he came out very firmly on the traditional side that -- he said Judas was a liar and a double-crosser and ...
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