trafficking
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English
Definitions
noun
- A criminal activity in which people are recruited, harboured, transported, bought, or kidnapped to serve an exploitative purpose, such as sexual slavery, forced labor, or child soldiery.
verb
- To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods
- To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.
- To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration.
noun
- The distribution of illegal drugs.
- The smuggling of illegal arms.
- The movement of an enzyme (or other protein) through tissue.
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Synonyms
tradesmugglingcontrabandpeddlingpeddlesmuggleracketeeringslaverytraveltransportmarketingtradingsellingdealingsellsale