TRADECRAFT

tradecraft

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

tradecraft (countable and uncountable, plural tradecrafts)

The skills acquired through experience of a trade.

(espionage) The methods used in espionage and clandestine operations.

Source: Wiktionary