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
Many of those minors ended up being trafficked into exploitative factory jobs, according to the New York Times.
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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
Met Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago It was Maxwell who lured and groomed Giuffre to be trafficked by Epstein, court records show.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 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
Rumors had swirled for months that Epstein was the one who introduced the President and first lady, and that she could have also been trafficked by Epstein.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 10 Apr. 2026
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
Met Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago It was Maxwell who lured and groomed Giuffre to be trafficked by Epstein, court records show.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 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
Rumors had swirled for months that Epstein was the one who introduced the President and first lady, and that she could have also been trafficked by Epstein.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trafficked
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But then a couple of days later, I was traded.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Barrels are typically traded within the industry through individual contracts between blenders and distillers, often involving cask exchanges rather than money, or via specialist Scotch whisky brokers.—
Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
9 May 2026
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Fresh off the heels of an injury scare for Joe Ryan and news of a setback for starter Mick Abel, the Minnesota rotation was dealt another blow Saturday.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
9 May 2026
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And cancer has already dealt Balogun more highs and lows than many experience in a lifetime.—
George Ramsay,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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The building in Chicago’s Fulton Market district sold for more than $412 million in October 2020.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Turner sold his father's billboard business to buy an independent Atlanta TV station in 1970, then expanded it into a nationwide network of channels including TBS, TNT and CNN, the latter of which launched in 1980 with nonstop news coverage.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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Gemstones, both legitimately traded and smuggled, are a major source of revenue for Myanmar.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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Florida’s attorney general announced an 81-year prison sentence for a man convicted for orchestrating a drone scheme that smuggled razor blades, drugs and other contraband into multiple facilities in the state in March.—
Taylor Galgano,
CNN Money,
3 May 2026
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“Trafficked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trafficked. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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