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 Online, Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil, who was trafficked to a scam center in Myanmar, impersonated a 28-year-old Singaporean woman named Ella. — ABC News, 30 June 2026 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. — 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

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Verb

The Dow on Wednesday had its worst day in almost a month after Washington and Tehran traded strikes.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
Israel and Iran traded fire on June 8, seriously testing a fragile truce and threating hopes for a deal to end the Middle East war.

— Justina Lee, CNBC, 8 July 2026

Definition of traded

Verb

While the Heat moved forward with the Adebayo extension as soon as Adebayo became eligible, the team bypassed an extension for Herro during an extension window in October and then dealt Herro as another extension window opened on July 1.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2026
Unlike some of the policy wonks and academics who opine about teen takeovers, Johnson has dealt directly with these kids.

— Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

Definition of dealt

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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.

— Michelle Williams, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Livestock was also smuggled across borders without proper health checks, according to a 2022 report from the think tank InSight Crime.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 22 June 2026