trafficked (in)

past tense of traffic (in)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trafficked (in)
Verb
  • In 2015, a Tourbillon Souverain Blue in tantalum sold for 550,000 Swiss francs (about $547,000), four times the price of the platinum version.
    Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Without any further time with the iPhone Duo, no one appears to know whether the cases sold by Apple would require this feature to be enabled.
    James Peckham, PC Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In 2025, American companies exported about US$54 billion in goods to Brazil, mainly refined fuel, aircraft parts, industrial machinery, fertilizer and electronics.
    Filipe Mendonça, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026
  • About a month before the murder, on June 10, approximately 20 ballistic vests were illegally exported to Haiti for the Colombians, who were former members of their country’s military, prosecutor say.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • McConnell exchanged passes with Mac Allister before progressing the ball forward to Ngumoha.
    Andy Jones, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Americans in the 1960s knew Francis Gary Powers as the CIA pilot of a secret U-2 spy plane shot down in 1960 over Soviet Russia, who was exchanged in a prisoner swap in 1962, during the peak of the Cold War.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • This deal, covering Southeast Asia’s largest economy and 280 million people, eliminates tariffs on 98 percent of goods traded between the two.
    JONAS NAHM, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Until that happens or Hellebuyck is traded elsewhere, his availability will be intriguing.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • They’re lavishly funded, beautifully produced, and slickly marketed.
    Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Blue light has become the usual suspect, with blue-light-blocking glasses marketed as a way to counter its effects.
    Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
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“Trafficked (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trafficked%20%28in%29. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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