TRAFFICKED Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

trafficked

verb

past tense of traffic

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 The government has been required by law for decades to protect migrant children who are in the country illegally without guardians, over fears they could be exploited, abused or trafficked. — Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026 In recent years, West Africa has emerged as a key transit route for cocaine trafficked from South America to Europe, with smugglers taking advantage of porous borders and weak enforcement in parts of the region. — ABC News, 30 July 2026 Unfortunately, a prologue has already alerted us to the fact that a wild animal being trafficked has escaped its cage and vehicle, fleeing into the same woods Irina’s chauffeur now drives through. — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 30 July 2026 Davis has spent 28 years working with women and girls who have been trafficked and exploited in North Texas. — Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 30 July 2026 In recent years, Indonesia has stepped up its efforts to recover cultural artifacts that were collected, stolen and trafficked during its colonial-era. — News Desk, Artforum, 24 July 2026 Since his debut album Pony was released in 2019, Peck has always trafficked in a perfect alchemy of mystery and intimacy. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2026 Slavery was a fact of life for ancient Greeks; anyone could be captured and trafficked. — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026 Amy Bradley Is Missing serves up compelling evidence that she may have instead been trafficked off the boat. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026

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Forecasting tournaments and election markets have beaten their baselines, but no study has shown a crowd signal can be traded profitably at scale.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
The 23-year-old jumped off the tape during his limited touches after getting traded to Philadelphia last season, and few , if any, offer Bigsby’s upside at his ADP.

— Jess Bryant, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of traded

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The Pats were dealt a tough blow Thursday when Brown suffered an injury that forced his removal from the game.

— Chad Graff, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Hathaway was dealt the unenviable task of embodying director James Gray’s mother in Armageddon Time, an autobiographical drama based on his childhood.

— Chris Bellamy, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026

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Investigators determined that multiple RVs may have been sold at Carson Pass RV in Lockeford without proper notification to their rightful owners and without completing the required Department of Motor Vehicles documentation.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Merck last year sold nearly $32 billion worth of pembrolizumab, a drug that’s FDA-approved for more than 40 cancer conditions.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026