craft and deceit

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• deceit — 1 Deceit, duplicity, dissimulation, cunning, guile mean the quality, the habit, the act, or the practice of imposing upon the credulity of others by dishonesty, fraud, or trickery. Deceit usually implies the intent to mislead or delude; otherwise …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Craft — (kr[.a]ft), n. [AS. cr[ae]ft strength, skill, art, cunning; akin to OS., G., Sw., & Dan. kraft strength, D. kracht, Icel. kraptr; perh. originally, a drawing together, stretching, from the root of E. cramp.] 1. Strength; might; secret power. [Obs …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• craft — noun 1) the historian s craft Syn: activity, occupation, trade, profession, work, line of work, job 2) she used craft and diplomacy Syn: cunning, craftiness, guile, wiliness …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• deceit — [n1] practice of misleading ambidexterity, ambidextrousness, artifice, cheating, chicane, chicanery, cozening, craft, craftiness, cunning, deceitfulness, deception, defrauding, dirty dealing*, dirty pool*, dishonesty, dissemblance, dissimulation …   New thesaurus

• craft — n. & v. n. 1 skill, esp. in practical arts. 2 a (esp. in comb.) a trade or an art (statecraft; handicraft; priestcraft; the craft of pottery). b the members of a craft. 3 (pl. craft) a a boat or vessel. b an aircraft or spacecraft. 4 cunning or… …   Useful english dictionary

• craft — craftless, adj. /kraft, krahft/, n., pl. crafts or, for 5, 8, craft, v. n. 1. an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, esp. manual skill: the craft of a mason. 2. skill; dexterity: The silversmith worked with great craft. 3. skill or …   Universalium

• craft — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. skill, expertise; art, handicraft; trade; vessel, ship, boat; cunning, artfulness, deceit, trickery. See business. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Skill] Syn. proficiency, competence, adeptness; see ability 2 …   English dictionary for students

• craft — [[t]kræft, krɑft[/t]] n. pl. crafts, for5,8, craft, 1) an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, esp. manual skill 2) skill; dexterity 3) cunning; deceit 4) the membership of a guild 5) naut. navig. a ship or other vessel 6) naut.… …   From formal English to slang

• craft — /kraft / (say krahft) noun 1. skill; ingenuity; dexterity. 2. skill or art applied to bad purposes; cunning; deceit; guile. 3. an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill; a handicraft. 4. the members of a trade… …  

• craft — Synonyms and related words: Italian hand, ability, acuteness, address, adeptness, adroitness, aeroplane, aircraft, airmanship, animal cunning, argosy, art, artful dodge, artfulness, artifice, artisan work, artisanship, artistry, astuteness, bark …   Moby Thesaurus

• deceit — Synonyms and related words: art, artful dodge, artfulness, artifice, blind, cheating, chicane, chicanery, con, con game, conspiracy, contrivance, coup, craft, craftiness, cunning, cute trick, deceitfulness, deception, defrauding, design, device,… …   Moby Thesaurus