as in traded
to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property
arrested him for trafficking in drugs
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Recent Examples of trafficked
In Cambodia, more than 200,000 scam workers have been released from fortified compounds, where many of them had been trafficked, held against their will, and forced to work for little pay.
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NPR,
21 June 2026
What trafficking can look like Advocates emphasize that no single sign proves someone is being trafficked.
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Ginger Allen,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
Enslavement or freedom was passed down to the child through the mother, meaning white men could augment a workforce trafficked from Africa by raping with impunity and enslaving their offspring.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
Brit Pop often trafficked in ironies, distances, and coolness.
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Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
The grant allowed the hospital to offer people who have been shot, stabbed, severely assaulted or trafficked two payments of $500 each.
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Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
13 June 2026
The riverside area below the museum is well-trafficked by strolling and jogging Bilbainos who may pop in to enjoy the rooftop views and surrounding shops and galleries.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
In June, 2023, Stan filed an indictment of more than three hundred pages, detailing evidence that the Tates, Naghel, and Radu had trafficked the women housed in Villa 67.
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Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
The cold case murder victim has been identified as Tiffany Bradley, a 16-year-old girl who was trafficked from Pennsylvania to Boston, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced Wednesday.
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Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
3 June 2026
NPR,
21 June 2026
What trafficking can look like Advocates emphasize that no single sign proves someone is being trafficked.
—
Ginger Allen,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
Enslavement or freedom was passed down to the child through the mother, meaning white men could augment a workforce trafficked from Africa by raping with impunity and enslaving their offspring.
—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
Brit Pop often trafficked in ironies, distances, and coolness.
—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
The grant allowed the hospital to offer people who have been shot, stabbed, severely assaulted or trafficked two payments of $500 each.
—
Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
13 June 2026
The riverside area below the museum is well-trafficked by strolling and jogging Bilbainos who may pop in to enjoy the rooftop views and surrounding shops and galleries.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
In June, 2023, Stan filed an indictment of more than three hundred pages, detailing evidence that the Tates, Naghel, and Radu had trafficked the women housed in Villa 67.
—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
The cold case murder victim has been identified as Tiffany Bradley, a 16-year-old girl who was trafficked from Pennsylvania to Boston, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced Wednesday.
—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trafficked
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He was traded to Boston in 2014, and in 2016, after being used primarily as a starter for much of his career, he was moved to the bullpen.
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Two-time All-Pro Trent McDuffie was traded to the Los Angeles Rams, while his running mate, cornerback Jaylen Watson, joined him there in free agency.
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That's because the team will be without star striker Folarin Balogun after he was dealt a wildly controversial red card in the second half of the match.
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Instead, the Bucks dealt Antetokounmpo to the Miami Heat for four players and three first round picks.
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Since the band was formed, the group has sold over 100 million records worldwide.
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The airlines took the money and sold day passes to anyone with $50.
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His 2023 Sangiovese comes from old vines whose cuttings were smuggled from Isole e Olena and Fontodi in Chianti in the mid-1980s, own-rooted, never replicated.
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Livestock was also smuggled across borders without proper health checks, according to a 2022 report from the think tank InSight Crime.
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