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skill in achieving oneʼs ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means<other antique dealers envied her for her craftiness in getting people to sell their treasures for a song>— see cunning 1
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the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery<according to the confidence manʼs credo of craftiness, “thereʼs a sucker born every minute”>— see deceit
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