crosser

double crosser

A person who has betrayed or swindled friends, allies, colleagues, or associates, or intends to do so. I'll make sure that dirty double crosser never works in this town again, if it's the last thing I do.
See also: crosser, double
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

double-crosser

n. a person who betrays someone. (Often with dirty. See comments at double cross.) You dirty, lowdown double-crosser, you!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • double crosser
  • double-crosser
  • never give a sucker an even break
  • never give a sucker an even chance
  • swindle
  • swindle (one) out of (something)
  • swindle out of
  • there's one born every minute
  • not dirty (one's) hands
  • not dirty your hands
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A 'Hot Shot Hamish' free-kick against Newcastle on Wednesday exemplified his supreme dead-ball ability, while Baines (right) is also a wicked crosser of the ball and a reliable, intelligent defensive player.
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He is still a great crosser, a vital influence on the dressing room and will be a great asset for the GB team.
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This concept "crosser" is called the XIV-1 and appeared just recently at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
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He was a speedy left-winger and a great crosser of the ball.
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As such, the Mexican border crosser is situated as an object tied to the physicality of the border, such that any movement away from the border enhances the perception of border crossers as being "out of place." By ascribing social and cultural expression to the border in a tangible geographic space, as well as a visible social element in the built environment, we suggest that border crossing enacts via bodies passing through fences, over walls, and across rivers a rhetorical and metaphorical representation of the border crosser.
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