traffic

[ traf-ik ]

/ ˈtræf ɪk /

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noun

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.

verb (used without object), 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 (usually followed by in): to traffic in opium.

verb (used with object), traf·ficked, traf·fick·ing.

(of vehicles or persons) to move over or through (a place): It's a heavily trafficked bridge.

to trade or deal in (a commodity or service): to traffic guns.

to trade in (human beings) for the purpose of exploitation: He was convicted for trafficking illegal immigrants.

Origin of traffic

1495–1505; earlier traffyk < Middle French trafique (noun), trafiquer (v.) < Italian traffico (noun), trafficare (v.), of disputed orig.

synonym study for traffic

4. See trade.

OTHER WORDS FROM traffic

traf·fick·er, noun traf·fic·less, adjective in·ter·traf·fic, noun, verb, in·ter·traf·ficked, in·ter·traf·fick·ing. un·traf·ficked, adjective

Words nearby traffic

traditor, traduce, traducianism, trafalgar, trafalgar, battle of, traffic, traffic calming, traffic circle, traffic cop, traffic court, traffic engineering

Example sentences from the Web for trafficker

My trafficker arranged my passport, visa and airline ticket before I left, then took my documents when I arrived.

How To Help America’s Trafficking Victims In The Long Term |Ima Matul |June 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
"Truly, I do suspect this trafficker in ready-made tombs to be none other," said Egerton.

Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) |John Roby
The unregenerate Teuton was a pirate and a plunderer; the settled Saxon became an oversea trader and trafficker.

The Annals of Willenhall |Frederick William Hackwood
It is solely to benefit the trafficker, and it tends to evil, evil only, evil continually.

Select Temperance Tracts |American Tract Society

The front ranks of the crowd broke in response to the summons of the trafficker in indulgences and hastened to empty their purses.

The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer |Eugne Sue
Everywhere they thus laid aside the venerated character of a chief to put on the odious character of a trafficker.

The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 1 (of 6) |Hippolyte A. Taine

British Dictionary definitions for trafficker

traffic

/ (ˈtræfɪk) /

noun

the vehicles coming and going in a street, town, etc
(as modifier)traffic lights

the movement of vehicles, people, etc, in a particular place or for a particular purpose sea traffic

the business of commercial transportation by land, sea, or air
the freight, passengers, etc, transported

(usually foll by with) dealings or business have no traffic with that man

trade, esp of an illicit or improper kind drug traffic

the aggregate volume of messages transmitted through a communications system in a given period

mainly US the number of customers patronizing a commercial establishment in a given time period

verb -fics, -ficking or -ficked (intr)

(often foll by in) to carry on trade or business, esp of an illicit kind

(usually foll by with) to have dealings

Derived forms of traffic

trafficker, noun trafficless, adjective

Word Origin for traffic

C16: from Old French trafique, from Old Italian traffico, from trafficare to engage in trade

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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traffic

noun

verb (used without object), traf·ficked, traf·fick·ing.

verb (used with object), traf·ficked, traf·fick·ing.

Origin of traffic

synonym study for traffic

OTHER WORDS FROM traffic

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Example sentences from the Web for trafficker

British Dictionary definitions for trafficker

noun

verb -fics, -ficking or -ficked (intr)

Derived forms of traffic

Word Origin for traffic

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

traffic

noun

verb (used without object), traf·ficked, traf·fick·ing.

verb (used with object), traf·ficked, traf·fick·ing.

Origin of traffic

synonym study for traffic

OTHER WORDS FROM traffic

Words nearby traffic

Words related to trafficker

Example sentences from the Web for trafficker

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noun

verb -fics, -ficking or -ficked (intr)

Derived forms of traffic

Word Origin for traffic

British Dictionary definitions for trafficker