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double-crossing
adjective as in adulterous
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adjective as in dishonest
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adjective as in disloyal
adjective as in faithless
adjective as in fickle
adjective as in lubricious
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- clandestine
- concealed
- crafty
- crooked
- cunning
- deceptive
- devious
- dirty-dealing
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- disingenuous
- duplicitous
- fraudulent
- furtive
- guileful
- hush-hush
- indirect
- insidious
- oblique
- on the Q.T.
- on the quiet
- secret
- secretive
- shady
- shifty
- slippery
- sly
- sneaking
- sneaky
- stealthy
- surreptitious
- treacherous
- tricky
- two-faced
- two-timing
- under wraps
- undercover
- underhanded
- unethical
- unfair
- unjust
- unscrupulous
- wily
adjective as in lying
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adjective as in perfidious
adjective as in perjurious
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adjective as in traitorous
adjective as in treacherous
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adjective as in treasonable
adjective as in treasonous
adjective as in underhand
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- clandestine
- concealed
- crafty
- crooked
- cunning
- deceptive
- devious
- dirty-dealing
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- duplicitous
- fraudulent
- furtive
- guileful
- hush-hush
- indirect
- insidious
- oblique
- on the Q.T.
- on the quiet
- secret
- secretive
- shady
- shifty
- slippery
- sly
- sneaking
- sneaky
- stealthy
- sub-rosa
- surreptitious
- treacherous
- tricky
- two-faced
- two-timing
- under wraps
- undercover
- unethical
- unfair
- unjust
- unscrupulous
- wily
adjective as in unethical
adjective as in unfaithful
adjective as in unprincipled
adjective as in untruthful
adjective as in wanton
noun as in betrayal
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noun as in chicanery
noun as in sellout
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Example Sentences
She also played a double-crossing hotel detective inspector as well as a member of a wedding party singing purposefully off key lyrics, inspired by “Espresso,” to expose bad behavior at the bachelorette party.
People loathed her double-crossing, despised her blind self-serving moves and they really, really hated her hair.
Within a decade, he was double-crossing the bureau.
Ms. Ernst called firms that offshore technology to China “double-crossing companies.”
The Germans feared that the Russians would avenge Hitler’s double-crossing and the atrocities inflicted upon the Russian people by the German soldiers.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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