Usually means: Betrayal after planning joint deceit.
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  1. double-cross: Merriam-Webster
  2. double-cross: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. double-cross: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. double-cross, double-cross: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Double-Cross, double-cross: Wordnik
  6. double-cross: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. double-cross: Wiktionary
  8. double-cross: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. double-cross: Dictionary.com
  10. double-cross: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. double-cross: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. The Double-Cross: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. double-cross: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. double-cross: FreeDictionary.org
  15. double-cross: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. double-cross: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Double-Cross: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See double-crossed as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  To betray or go back on; to deceive someone after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were being aided.
verb:  (plant breeding, animal breeding) To cross twice in hybridization, as (A × B) × (C × D); for example, in commercial hybrid seed corn, A through D are classically inbreds, and their grandoffspring is the seed for sale.
noun:  An instance of betrayal of one who had been led to believe that the betrayer was assisting them.
noun:  (plant breeding, animal breeding) The hybrid product of double-crossing.

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