tradecraft
/ˈtreɪdˌkræft/
noun
- The skills and methods used in a particular profession, especially espionage or intelligence work.
- The spy learned tradecraft like how to use secret codes and dead drops.
- The novel is full of realistic tradecraft details about bugging rooms and tailing suspects.
- Experienced agents teach new recruits the tradecraft of surveillance and counter-surveillance.
- The specialized knowledge and techniques of a skilled trade or craft.
- The carpenter's tradecraft includes knowing which wood to use for different projects.
- She spent years perfecting the tradecraft of glassblowing.
- Apprentices learn the tradecraft of plumbing from master plumbers.