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
References in periodicals archive
Double-crosser Belmokhtar was kicked out as one of its top leaders in northern Mali in October after he was apparently caught cheating other fighters.
Double-crosser O'Hanlon had picked up O'Reilly in his BMW.
Double-crosser O'Hanlon had rung O'Reilly, inviting him to the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre in Dublin and even picked him up in his BMW.
Furious Paul told friends double-crosser Hewitt "has no shame" and spoke of how the cad begged for his trust as Diana's loyal aide handed him back the letters after they had been stolen from the officer's home.
She describes the infernal environments in his films through a "hell on earth" approach recognizable in his mise en scene and the murderers and double-crossers playing a key role in this landscape, including protagonists who commit violence and fraud and the theme of treachery in films ranging from his student production It's Not Just You, Murray!
In recent years businesses have realized that they must organize and implement certain measures to protect themselves from double-crossers and in-house theft.
Despite being the incarnation of squeaky clean cuteness (which, compounded with her chart-topping success, makes her even cuter, if that's at all possible), the 33-year-old, ivory-tickling chanteuse has a lousy track record when it comes to men, case in point, her back-to-back break-up albums inspired by two different double-crossers. From the sexy cover-art that spoofs the movie poster for Russ Meyer's 1965 sexploitation flick "Mudhoney" (right down to the color crayon teardrop) to trading in her girl-next-door-wholesomeness for a totally unglued and gritty vindictiveness, Jones' messy hair (and messy personal affairs) makeover is her most appealing persona yet.
This would help us rule out double-crossers. We also want to establish a link between charity organizations, so we can make sure that we don't deal with the same people more than once," she said.