trafficked (in)

verb

past tense of traffic (in)
as in dealt (in)

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  1. sold
  2. exported
  3. exchanged
  4. traded
  5. marketed
Verb
  • That decision permanently strips the owner of future growth, dividends, voting rights and control over when the stock is sold.
    — Mark Lewyn, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Deliveries won’t begin until 2029, but more than two-thirds of the limited 71-unit production run have been sold before the car is even shown to the public.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2026
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  • Nearly $30 billion of undeclared artisanal gold is exported from Africa to Dubai each year, according to charity Swissaid.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The surplus gets exported, often at prices low enough to undercut the industrial economy in other countries.
    — Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of exported
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  • Thorne and Zendaya exchanged notes and realized the animosity between them wasn’t coming from either one.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Since first participating in the CRS in 2018, offshore financial account information has been continuously exchanged with Chinese tax authorities.
    — Anniek Bao,Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of exchanged
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  • But the Liberty stayed in front as both teams traded baskets, 24-24, in the third quarter before closing it out in the final period.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • At Montauk Yacht Club, where the docks became home to Camp FFF for a couple of days, entrepreneurs traded war stories over panels, games of tug-of-war and dinners curated by chef-in-residence Alison Roman.
    — Amy Francombe, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of traded
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  • Soon after those 2011 protests, Brand Modi was carefully marketed on television channels and burgeoning social media platforms as the redemptive opposite of the images, associations, and stereotypes attached to the corrupt and feckless system.
    — Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Why Rucking Appeals To Women For years, strength training was often marketed to men through bodybuilding, powerlifting or military imagery.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of marketed
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