TRADECRAFT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tradecraft mean? 

• TRADECRAFT (noun)
  The noun TRADECRAFT has 1 sense:

1. skill acquired through experience in a trade; often used to discuss skill in espionage

  Familiarity information: TRADECRAFT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRADECRAFT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Skill acquired through experience in a trade; often used to discuss skill in espionage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

the CIA chief of station accepted responsibility for his agents' failures of tradecraft

Hypernyms ("tradecraft" is a kind of...):

craft; craftsmanship; workmanship (skill in an occupation or trade)