Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
double cross \double cross\, double-cross \double-cross\n. teh act of double-crossing; the betrayal or swindling of a collaborator or colleague.
Syn: cross, betray.
double cross \double cross\, double-cross \double-cross\v. t. to betray or swindle (a colleague); to promise (a collaborator) one thing and to treacherously do another, to the detriment of the collaborator.
Syn: cross, betray.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
vb. To betray or go back on
Wikipedia
Double-Cross is a 2014 Ghanaian epic romantic thriller told, written, co-produced, by D.R. Kufuor. It stars Ama K. Abebrese and John Dumelo as the main cast of the movie. The movie was shot predominately in the North Legon Area of Accra Ghana.
Usage examples of "double-cross".
Patterne Port kept Dr Middleton in a benevolent reserve when Willoughby decided that something said by De Craye was not new, and laughingly accused him of failing to consult his anecdotal notebook for the double-cross to his last sprightly sally.
Dying, Itch Fendel had pronounced Marcus Beld to be the double-crosser who had produced this destruction.
If Hondo suspected he was being double-crossed, Hile realized the outlaw would be a bad customer.
And although it's kind of veiled in his correspondence, it would appear that he paid a second prisoner to double-cross Bennino and move the diamonds.
Farsighted enough to know that Murk would double-cross Nayre later, Castenago cagily pretended that he owed Nayre money, too.
I dunno what the idee is, but these Tomahawk polecats has double-crossed somebody!
Filled with post-Cold War double-crosses, New Economy high jinks, and even a few Wall Street shenanigans thrown in for good measure, The Prometheus Deception is pure old-style Ludlum, repackaged for the new millennium.
Border Patrol dealt unkindly with Spad Ames, and double-crossed him by transferring another plane, a new and fast craft equipped with two machine guns, to that portion of the Mexican Border Patrol.
To warn Swade would be to admit that both had tried to double-cross him.
Maybe Marle had double-crossed some of his pals, or fixed other chaps, like he did with Waybrock.
He had been double-crossed by Speke, who took all the glory of discovering the African lakes for himself.
Jimmy Figaro thought that Dave was planning to double-cross Nudelli or anything.
For just as the treacherous little brunette had planned far in advance, the local lawmen figured the gang had been double-crossed by one or more mighty fast gunslicks of the male persuasion.
Lindbergh returned to Hopewell exhausted and finally beginning to believe the kidnappers had double-crossed him.
Dreel on Parkatin, Obie had double-crossed Antor Trelig at his demonstration on New Pompeii.