dark art

English

Noun

dark art (plural dark arts)

1. Synonym of black art
   • 2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 55:

     In New York, I learned the dark arts of politics, and spent a lot of time doing that.

References

• “dark arts”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.