Craft and Crookery

Craft

Craft noun - The inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery.
Usage example: never hesitated to resort to craft to get what she wanted in life

Crookery and craft are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Crookery" instead a noun "Craft".

Crookery

Crookery noun - The inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery.
Usage example: the dealer encouraged his sales reps to engage in crookery of all sorts, so long as it sold cars

Craft and crookery are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Craft" instead a noun "Crookery".
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