black magic

Noun

 * 1)  Magic derived from evil forces, as distinct from good or benign forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing harm.
 * 2)  Occult or secret magic; magic (or, by extension/comparison, technology etc) that is mysterious, not known to or understood by many.
 * 1)  Occult or secret magic; magic (or, by extension/comparison, technology etc) that is mysterious, not known to or understood by many.
 * 1)  Occult or secret magic; magic (or, by extension/comparison, technology etc) that is mysterious, not known to or understood by many.
 * 1)  Occult or secret magic; magic (or, by extension/comparison, technology etc) that is mysterious, not known to or understood by many.

Usage notes

 * When referring to technology, calling something (plain) means that it is not widely understood, but suggests it can be understood by those versed in the field.  suggests few understand it.

Translations

 * Arabic: سِحْر أَسْوَد
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: че́рна ма́гия
 * Catalan: màgia negra
 * Cebuano: barang
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 黑魔法, 黑巫術
 * Czech: černá magie
 * Danish: sortekunst, sort magi
 * Dutch: zwarte magie
 * Faroese: gandur
 * Finnish: musta magia
 * French:
 * Old French: deablie
 * Georgian: შავი მაგია
 * German: schwarze Magie, schwarze Kunst
 * Greek: μαύρη μαγεία
 * Hebrew: מַגְיָה שְׁחֹרָה, קֶסֶם אָפֵל
 * Hindi: काला जादू, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: svartagaldur
 * Igbo:
 * Irish: ealaín dhubh, dubhealaín
 * Italian: magia nera
 * Japanese: 黒魔法,
 * Korean: 흑마술(黑巫術)
 * Latin: maleficium, magia malefica, veneficium
 * Manx: buitcheraght, doo-chliaghtey, doo-ellyn
 * Marathi: काळी जादू
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: svart magi
 * Nynorsk: svart magi
 * Occitan:
 * Old Norse: fordæðuskapr
 * Persian: جادوی سیاه
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scots: sorcery
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgoil-dubh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: црна магија
 * Roman: crna magija
 * Slovak: čierna mágia
 * Spanish: magia negra
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: mahika negra
 * Thai: คุณไสย,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: чо́рна ма́гія
 * Vietnamese: