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spycraft

spycraft noun: the skills and techniques employed by spies.

Noun

spycraft (uncountable)

  1. The skills and techniques employed by spies.
    • During the hunt for Osama bin Laden in 2011, CIA operatives in Pakistan posed as aid workers and even faked an immunization campaign. To many of my Muslim friends, this CIA spycraft is no different from what covert Christian missionaries do.2016 August 17, Jeremy Courtney, “Three arguments against covert Christian ‘spycraft’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2017

Origin of spycraft

From spy + -craft.

Questions about spycraft

What does spycraft mean?
Spycraft means the skills and techniques employed by spies.
What part of speech is spycraft?
Spycraft is a noun.

Words near spycraft in the dictionary

  1. Spychalski
  2. Spychalskis
  3. spycop
  4. spycops
  5. spycore
  6. spycraft
  7. spyder
  8. spyders
  9. spydom
  10. spye
  11. spyed

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