Double Cross (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a betrayal or swindle of a colleague.
  2. an attempt to win a contest that one has agreed beforehand to lose.
  3. a cross in which both parents are first-generation hybrids from single crosses, thus involving four inbred lines.
verb (used with object) Informal.
  1. to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
noun
  1. a technique for producing hybrid stock, esp seed for cereal crops, by crossing the hybrids between two different pairs of inbred lines
verb
  1. to cheat or betray
noun
  1. the act or an instance of double-crossing; betrayal
Double Cross (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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