tradecraft

trade·craft

(trād′krăft′)

The methods used in clandestine operations such as espionage.

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tradecraft

(ˈtreɪdˌkrɑːft)

the skills learned from experience in a trade, often used to refer to the skills spies use to avoid being detected

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tradecraft - skill acquired through experience in a trade; often used to discuss skill in espionage; "instructional designers are trained in something that might be called tradecraft"; "the CIA chief of station accepted responsibility for his agents' failures of tradecraft"

craftsmanship, workmanship, craft - skill in an occupation or trade

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