Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigDictionary
was double-crossed
verb
To betray or go back on
Exact(9)
Instead, he was double-crossed by the Taliban.
Mullah Faisal, it turns out, was double-crossed.
When the Musas' killers learned of his plans, he was double-crossed and killed.
Grieve said later he was double-crossed and the government went back on the agreement they had reached.
Like other supporters, he believes Pollard was "double-crossed" into thinking he'd be afforded leniency in exchange for a guilty plea.
Even there, she was double-crossed by her mother, who adopted McCorvey's daughter under false pretenses after finding out that McCorvey had lesbian tendencies.
Similar(51)
"Inevitably, they are double-crossed".
Nixon thought that he had been double-crossed.
Two U.S. senators lied as well and then were double-crossed by White House aides.
IF Honda's designers feel they have been double-crossed by American consumers, it would be understandable.
They looked at me as if they had been double-crossed.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com