trafficking
贩运,贩卖,贩卖人口,贩运人口
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Definitions
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- : the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street.
- : the vehicles, persons, etc., moving in an area, along a street, etc.
- : the transportation of goods for the purpose of trade, by sea, land, or air: ships of traffic.
- : trade; buying and selling; commercial dealings.
- : trade between different countries or places; commerce.
- : the business done by a railroad or other carrier in the transportation of freight or passengers.
- : the aggregate of freight, passengers, telephone or telegraph messages, etc., handled, especially in a given period.
- : communication, dealings, or contact between persons or groups: traffic between the Democrats and the Republicans.
- : mutual exchange or communication: traffic in ideas.
- : trade in some specific commodity or service, often of an illegal nature: the vast traffic in narcotics.
- : illegal commercial trade in human beings for the purpose of exploiting them: the traffic in young children.
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traf·ficked, traf·fick·ing.
- : to carry on traffic, trade, or commercial dealings.
- : to trade or deal in a specific commodity or service, often of an illegal nature: to traffic in opium.
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traf·ficked, traf·fick·ing.
- : to move over or through: It's a heavily trafficked bridge.
- : to trade or deal in: to traffic guns.
- : to trade in for the purpose of exploitation: He was convicted for trafficking illegal immigrants.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
I understand that this is human trafficking, but I know that my people have no other option.
In the midst of this religious and political turmoil, drug trafficking thrives.
Now, the recent actions of ISIS and Boko Haram are drawing attention to the role of human trafficking.
Many more illegal migrants face labor trafficking in Europe as they flee the conflict regions of North Africa and the Middle East.
Exploitation of trafficking victims may be most acute in conflict and adjoining regions, but it is not confined to these areas.
What he did say was, "I am putting money into your business to help your trafficking," a different thing altogether.
For usury and lending upon interest were forbidden by the Church, but trafficking was lawful and permitted.
I saw how easy it was to achieve by social trafficking what men spent lifetimes laboriously to acquire.
The trouble with shifting labor disappeared except for the liquor trafficking that always hounds every camp.
Can anything be imagined more horrible than a free nation trafficking in the blood of its co-citizens?