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trafficking

/ˈtræf.ɪ.kɪŋ/

traffickingnoun

Translations

traficEmploi général pour le commerce ou le transport illégal de biens, de drogues ou d’informations.

The island has become a hub for drug trafficking.

L’île est devenue une plaque tournante du trafic de drogue.

Additional translations

traiteSurtout pour les personnes, dans le contexte de l’exploitation.

Definitions

The illegal trade or movement of goods, people, or information, typically for the purpose of exploitation.

The government has implemented stricter laws to combat human trafficking across the borders.

The activity or business of dealing or trading in something illegally or improperly, especially drugs or people.

The island has become a hub for drug trafficking.

Synonyms

traffickinggerund / present participle

/ˈtræf.ɪ.kɪŋ/

Used attributively to modify nouns (e.g., "trafficking networks"), functioning as a present-participle adjective.

Translations

de traficEmploi adjectival, surtout dans la langue administrative ou journalistique.

The authorities dismantled several trafficking networks.

Les autorités ont démantelé plusieurs réseaux de trafic.

Definitions

Engaged in or relating to the illegal trade of goods or people.

The authorities dismantled several trafficking networks.

trafficnoun

Definitions

The movement of vehicles, ships, aircraft, or people along a route.

The traffic on the highway was backed up for miles due to an accident.

The commercial exchange of goods; trade.

The port city was a hub of international traffic in spices and textiles.

Messages, data, or signals transmitted through a communication system.

Network administrators monitor internet traffic to detect unusual activity.

The illegal or illicit trade in goods or services.

Authorities are cracking down on the traffic of counterfeit goods in the region.

trafficverb

trafficking

ing-form

trafficked

Past Simple

trafficked

Past Participle

trafficking

ing-form

/ˈtræf.ɪk/

Translations

trafiquerS’emploie surtout avec un complément introduit par « de » ou « en »; souvent dans un contexte illicite.

They were arrested for trafficking in counterfeit goods.

Ils ont été arrêtés pour avoir trafiqué des produits contrefaits.

Definitions

To trade or deal in something, especially illegally or inappropriately.

They were arrested for trafficking in counterfeit goods.

Synonyms

Antonyms

trafficadjective

Definitions

Relating to or used by vehicles or the flow of vehicles and people.

The city installed new traffic lights at the busy intersection.