Synonyms:
sorcery, black_magic, black_art, necromancy
Meaning: the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
Usage examples
She sits there with her ugly sorcery.
A change of judge having in process of time occurred, the defendant saw his way to turn the tables on the old lady by accusing her of sorcery.
"However," said she, "the boat is merely a boat, and I believe I can make it obey a command of sorcery, as well as it did the command of witchcraft.
"If you find you can make this boat obey your sorcery, you could have it return to the island, submerge itself, and enter the door in the basement from which it came.
Then the barons gathered them together, and said plainly they would not have those ladies burnt for an horn made by sorcery, that came from as false a sorceress and witch as then was living.