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double-cross

Translations

double-crossnoun

double-crosses

trahisonSens courant : acte de duplicité ou de trahison.

In a shocking double-cross, the partner fled with all the money.

Dans un coup de trahison choquant, le partenaire s’est enfui avec tout l’argent.

Additional translations

double croixSens héraldique ou symbolique : figure composée de deux croix superposées.

Synonyms

double-crossverb

double-crossed

Past Simple

double-crossed

Past Participle

double-crossing

Gerund

trahirSens courant : tromper après avoir semblé coopérer.

The agent double-crossed his handlers and sold the information to the enemy.

L’agent a trahi ses supérieurs et a vendu les informations à l’ennemi.

Additional translations

tromperSens plus général, avec idée de duplicité.

Synonyms

sell out

stab in the back

backstab

double-crossadjective

Used attributively before a noun (e.g., "a double-cross scheme")

traîtreSe dit d’une manœuvre, d’un plan ou d’une personne marqués par la duplicité.

They devised a double-cross plan to trap the smugglers.

Ils ont élaboré un plan traître pour piéger les passeurs.

Additional translations

de trahisonTour plus neutre et descriptif.

Synonyms

Definitions

double-crossnoun

an act of betrayal or deception carried out against a person or group one is ostensibly helping

In a shocking double-cross, the partner fled with all the money.

a figure composed of one cross superimposed on another; a double cruciform shape

The monastery’s emblem featured a golden double-cross.

double-crossverb

to betray or deceive (someone) after previously appearing to cooperate with them

The agent double-crossed his handlers and sold the information to the enemy.

double-crossadjective

relating to or involving betrayal or deception

They devised a double-cross plan to trap the smugglers.