All double-cross synonyms
dou·ble-cross
D d verb double-cross
- beguile — If something beguiles you, you are charmed and attracted by it.
- betray — If you betray someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them.
- bluff — A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it.
- cheat — When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
- con — Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
- cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
- deceive — If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
- defraud — If someone defrauds you, they take something away from you or stop you from getting what belongs to you by means of tricks and lies.
- dupe — duplicate.
- hoodwink — to deceive or trick.
- humbug — something intended to delude or deceive.
- juggle — to keep (several objects, as balls, plates, tenpins, or knives) in continuous motion in the air simultaneously by tossing and catching.
- mislead — to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
- scam — a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- sell — to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000.
- sell out — to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000.
- split — to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
- stab in the back — to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork.
- swindle — to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
- take in — the act of taking.
- trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- two-time — to be unfaithful to (a lover or spouse).
- four-flush — to bluff.
- illude — to deceive or trick.
- sell down the river — a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.