tradecraft
noun[U]
uk/ˈtreɪd.krɑːft/us/ˈtreɪd.kræft/theskillsandmethodsused bypeoplewhoworkfororganizationsinvolvedinsecretactivitiessuch asintelligenceandspying(=findingoutsecretinformationaboutenemiesandcompetitors)orterrorism(=violentpoliticalcrime):
谍报技术Foryearsthey used the sameplanes, with the sameregistrationnumbers, tocarryoutsecretmissions, which was not good tradecraft.多年来，他们用同样的飞机、同样的注册号来执行秘密任务，这可不是好的谍战技术。
theskillsandmethodsused by someone doing aparticularskilledjob:
（某项技术性工作的）技术方法Mymentor, ProfessorJaneSlater,taughtme thebasic"tradecraft" ofhistory.我的导师简·斯莱特教授教会了我研究历史的基本“技术方法”。
- Theforeignintelligencethreatmay come fromtraditionalmeanssuchspieslivingundercover, or from morecontemporarymethodsof tradecraft.
- Recentraidshaveuncoveredintelligenceaboutterroristcells,operationsand tradecraft.
- Thetricksand tradecraft that shedescribesaresimilarto those written about by otherthrillerwriters.
- Obviously, thecoursedoesn't give you tradecraft. But we have anumberofpeoplecome on thecoursefromvariousintelligenceagenciesaround theworld.
- Hispremiershipisprovingacompellingstudyinpoliticaltradecraft.
International relations: spying and espionage
- agent
- agent provocateur
- anti-bug
- counter-espionage
- insider
- intel
- intelligence
- MI5
- MI6
- scout
- shadow
- sleuthing
- snoop
- spook
- spy
- spy onsomeone/something
- superspy
- tail
- tap
- the CIA
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