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traffic

verb [I]
 
 
/ˈtræf.ɪk/ (present tense trafficking, past tense and past participle trafficked)

Definition

to buy and sell goods illegally: They were arrested for trafficking in the eggs of protected species of birds.Trafficking and racketeering trafficking
 
 
/-ɪ.kɪŋ/ noun [U]
arms/drugs traffickingTrafficking and racketeering
(Definition of traffic verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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