double cross

1. 1.

   an act of betrayal

   “he gave us the old double cross”

   “I could no longer tolerate his impudent double-crossing”

   Synonymsdouble-crossing

   Broadertreachery

1. 1.

   betray by double-dealing

   Broaderbetray

Questions about double cross

What does double cross mean?

double cross means "an act of betrayal". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for double cross?

Close synonyms include double-crossing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is double cross a common word?

double cross is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.