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trafficked

Variant of traffic

noun

  1. Archaic
    1. transportation of goods for trading
    2. trading over great distances; commerce
  2. buying and selling; barter; trade, sometimes, specif., of a wrong or illegal kind: traffic in drugs
  3. dealings, business, or intercourse (with someone)
    1. the movement or number of automobiles along a street, pedestrians along a sidewalk, ships using a port, etc.
    2. the automobiles, pedestrians, ships, etc. so moving
  4. the number of passengers, quantity of freight, etc. carried by a transportation company during a given period
  5. the volume of telegrams, calls, etc. transmitted by a communications company during a given period
  6. the number of potential customers entering a retail store during a given period

adjective

of or having to do with traffic: a traffic violation, traffic manager

intransitive verb trafficked, trafficking

  1. to carry on traffic, esp. illegal trade (in a commodity)
  2. to have traffic, trade, or dealings (with someone)

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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