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Double cross   /dˈəbəl krɔs/   Listen
Double cross

noun
1.
An act of betrayal.  Synonym: double-crossing.  "I could no longer tolerate his impudent double-crossing"
verb
1.
Betray by double-dealing.





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"Double cross" Quotes from Famous Books



... given by Iemon he dropped the implement and fled in terror, amid the laughter of guards and by-standers. Toward the hour of the sheep (1 P.M.) a yoriki with his do[u]shin appeared. On signal the cangue was removed. Inert limbs feebly twitching Iemon was bound tight to the double cross, his legs and arms stretched wide apart. This was raised, and again the hours passed in miserable waiting for a death which seemed to recede. If unconsciousness threatened he was given vinegar to drink as restorative. His fevered lips eagerly sought the fluid and prolonged ...
— The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari - Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) • James S. De Benneville


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