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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
The witnesses also focused on the powerful men that survivors say Epstein trafficked them to.
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Claire Healy, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2026
The witnesses also focused on the powerful men that survivors say Epstein trafficked them to.
—Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
Many of those minors ended up being trafficked into exploitative factory jobs, according to the New York Times.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2026
Humpbacks thrive in the North Atlantic; the Baltic is comparatively shallow, low in salinity, and heavily trafficked.
—Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
That victim is likely to be trafficked again, the county officials said, and the human traffickers who trafficked her will not be held to account.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026
They’re often trafficked by political rivals, which automatically raises suspicion and invites particular skepticism.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
The criminal syndicates refitted their properties as centres where teams of workers – often trafficked and coerced – run online scams at scale.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 12 Apr. 2026
While some of the women who came here willingly embraced ISIS ideology and passed it on to their children, many others say they were trafficked or lured to the region through ignorance or under false pretenses.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026
Claire Healy, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2026
The witnesses also focused on the powerful men that survivors say Epstein trafficked them to.
—Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
Many of those minors ended up being trafficked into exploitative factory jobs, according to the New York Times.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2026
Humpbacks thrive in the North Atlantic; the Baltic is comparatively shallow, low in salinity, and heavily trafficked.
—Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
That victim is likely to be trafficked again, the county officials said, and the human traffickers who trafficked her will not be held to account.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026
They’re often trafficked by political rivals, which automatically raises suspicion and invites particular skepticism.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
The criminal syndicates refitted their properties as centres where teams of workers – often trafficked and coerced – run online scams at scale.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 12 Apr. 2026
While some of the women who came here willingly embraced ISIS ideology and passed it on to their children, many others say they were trafficked or lured to the region through ignorance or under false pretenses.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trafficked
Verb
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None have actively traded individual securities while in office.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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When those two couldn’t agree on a contract extension last summer, Jones traded Parsons to Green Bay.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Much like Ten Hag, he’s been dealt a strange set of cards.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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After sitting out the entire 2025 season because of injury, Rodriguez was dealt from the Orioles to the Angels.—
Mike Barner,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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The more successful Bellator was sold to the Professional Fighters League, and the UFC bought Strikeforce.—
Mark Puleo,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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In Adidas’ final earnings call for fiscal 2025, chief executive officer Bjørn Gulden announced the Evo SL was approaching 10 million pairs sold.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
20 May 2026
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Brazilian gold mined illegally inside Indigenous territory has reportedly been smuggled into Venezuela and exported internationally because buyers there ask fewer questions about its origins.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2026
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And then, crackling across the radio in both Gemini 7 and Mission Control, just nine days before Christmas of 1965, came a tiny, tinny chorus of Jingle Bells, performed live, on a small harmonica and small set of bells—contraband Schirra had smuggled aboard his ship.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
11 May 2026
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“Trafficked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trafficked. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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