What is "black art"

Black art \Black" art`\ The art practiced by conjurers and witches; necromancy; conjuration; magic.

Note: This name was given in the Middle Ages to necromancy, under the idea that the latter term was derived from niger black, instead of nekro`s, a dead person, and mantei`a, divination.
--Wright.

n. 1 A practice such as witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, or black magic. 2 (context figuratively by extension English) A process that is mysterious or difficult to master.

n. the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world [syn: sorcery, black magic, necromancy]

Black art may refer to:

• Espionage the art and science of eliciting information without consent
• Guerrilla warfare or civilian warfare
• Sabotage disengagement activity or deliberate vandalism to an organization
• Terrorism psychological campaign to weaken morale and increase regression
• Lock picking is the craft of unlocking a lock by analyzing and manipulating the components of the lock device without the original key.
• Counterintelligence disinformation activities
• Assassination is the murder of a prominent person or political figure by a surprise attack, usually for payment or political reasons.
• Facilitation Social-Engineering
• Persuasion influencing attitudes, behaviors, decisions, etc.
• Propaganda form of communication aimed towards influencing the attitude of the community toward some cause or position
• SERE Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape
• Money laundering the process whereby the proceeds of crime are transformed into ostensibly legitimate money or other assets
• Torture the act of deliberately inflicting severe physical or psychological pain and possibly injury to a person
• The Art of Deception the art of social-engineering
• Black art (theatre), an optical effect in stage magic
• African art, art forms created by black people
• Black magic, the use of supernatural powers for evil and selfish purposes
• Surveillance, the monitoring of people
• Printing, the reproduction of text and images with ink and paper