trafficking
Americannoun
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the practice of dealing or trading in a commodity or service, often an illegal one.
drug trafficking.
Etymology
Origin of trafficking
First recorded in 1530–40; traffic ( def. ) + -ing 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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They also argue the cameras help agencies spot patterns in drug and human trafficking, and could be used to help locate missing persons, such as children or other vulnerable people.
From Los Angeles Times
Ablakwa said on Wednesday that his fellow countrymen were "victims of manipulation, misinformation of criminal trafficking networks".
From Barron's
"They are victims of manipulation, of disinformation, misinformation, of criminal trafficking networks," he said.
From BBC
Presenting the report to MPs, parliament majority leader Kimani Ichung'wah, described a "deeply disturbing" network of rogue state officials allegedly colluding with human trafficking syndicates to recruit and transport Kenyans.
From BBC
Even if the country was never home to the coastal forts from which the trafficking of African people was organised, many enslaved people passed through it on the way to the New World.
From Barron's
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