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Definition of double-cross in English Turkish dictionary
- aldatmak
- ihanet etmek
- aldatma
- doublecross
- aldatmak
- double cross
- çift melez
- double cross
- aldatmak
- double cross system
- sistemler arası
- double-crosser
- Aldatan, ihanet eden, kazık atan, dolandıran
- double-crossing
- çift kapısı
- double cross
- dolandırmak
- double cross
- kazık atmak
- double cross
- çift melez,v.aldat: n.aldatma
- double cross
- ihanet etmek
- double cross juncture
- (Dilbilim) alçalan durak
- to double-cross
- ikiyüzlülük etmek
- to double-cross
- sırtından vurmak
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Definition of double-cross in English English dictionary
- To betray or go back on
- If someone you trust double-crosses you, they do something which harms you instead of doing something they had promised to do. Don't try and double-cross me, Taylor, because I'll kill you = betray. to cheat someone, especially after you have agreed to do something dishonest with them cross
- deceive, defraud, swindle, cheat; betray, be disloyal
- doublecross
- An instance of betrayal of one who has been led to believe that the betrayer was assisting thim
- double cross system
- The Double Cross System or XX System, was a World War II anti-espionage and deception operation of the British military intelligence arm, MI5. Nazi agents in Britain were captured and used by the British to broadcast mainly disinformation to their Nazi controllers. Its operations were overseen by the Twenty Committee, under the chairmanship of John Cecil Masterman; the name of the committee comes from the number 20 in Roman numerals: "XX"
- double cross
- {i} deceit, trickery, treachery, betrayal
- double cross
- an act of betrayal; "he gave us the old double cross"; "I could no longer tolerate his impudent double-crossing"
- double cross
- betray by double-dealing
- double cross
- {f} betray, cheat, trick, swindle
- double-crosser
- a person who says one thing and does another
- doublecross
- {f} betray, cheat, trick, swindle
- doublecross
- To betray someone by leading them into trap after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were actually being aided
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double-cross
Hyphenation
dou·ble-crossSynonyms
beguile, betray, bluff, cheat, con, cross, deceive, defraud, double deal, dupe, four-flush, hoodwink, humbug, illude, jugglePronunciation
Etymology
[ "d&-b&l-'kros ] (transitive verb.) 1903. First recorded in 1834 from thieves' slang cross (or on the cross) to refer to something dishonest, a play on straight/square, and therefore a crook going back on his partners would be crossing the crossers, or double-crossing.Resimler
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