trafficking

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈtræfɪkɪŋ/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The illegal trade or dealing in goods, especially drugs, weapons, or human beings.; The act of buying and selling; commerce or trade, especially of an illicit nature.
  2. verb
    Present participle of 'traffic'; to engage in illegal trade or dealing.

🔗 Details

Word forms

uncountable 3rd sing.: traffics Past: trafficked Past part.: trafficked Pres part.: trafficking

Collocations

drug traffickinghuman traffickingtraffic jamtraffic lightheavy traffictraffic congestiontraffic in arms

Derivatives

traffickertrafficked

Synonyms

tradedealingcommercecongestionflow

Commonly confused

traffick
EN: 'Traffick' is an archaic/obsolete spelling; the modern standard spelling is 'traffic' with a single 'k'.
trafficing
EN: 'Trafficing' is a common misspelling; the correct form is 'trafficking' with double 'f'.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember 'trafficking' has double 'f' (not 'traficking'). The base form 'traffic' ends in a single 'c', but the '-ing' and '-ed' forms double the 'f': trafficked, trafficking.

💬 Examples

  1. The government launched a major crackdown on human trafficking networks.

  2. Drug trafficking remains one of the most profitable criminal enterprises worldwide.

  3. He was arrested for trafficking stolen goods across state lines.