double 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:
  • 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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