as in dealing
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 trafficking
House Bill 535 would impose harsher minimum sentences for anyone convicted of trafficking fentanyl.
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Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 8 Apr. 2026
He was charged with dozens of others in a drug-trafficking case the following decade in Miami, pleaded guilty and served prison time.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
The feds have uncovered a series of SNAP fraud trafficking schemes across the Bay State over the past handful of months.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
Epstein died in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on trafficking charges.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
The department also dismantled its Public Integrity Section, which was tasked with prosecuting public corruption, and greatly scaled back its focus on pursuing white-collar crime in favor of making immigration and narco-trafficking the priority.
—Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Packages with Coca-Cola stickers Police arrested the man on a felony charge of trafficking in cocaine, Pitt County Detention Center records showed.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2026
The tour came in response to the Ecuadoran defense ministry's March 25 statement that his property wasn't a dairy farm, as had been reported, but a drug trafficking hideout, based on United States intelligence.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Court records show that Dellvalle-Perez was allegedly trafficking cocaine and crack cocaine in and around Waterbury.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 8 Apr. 2026
He was charged with dozens of others in a drug-trafficking case the following decade in Miami, pleaded guilty and served prison time.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
The feds have uncovered a series of SNAP fraud trafficking schemes across the Bay State over the past handful of months.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
Epstein died in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on trafficking charges.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
The department also dismantled its Public Integrity Section, which was tasked with prosecuting public corruption, and greatly scaled back its focus on pursuing white-collar crime in favor of making immigration and narco-trafficking the priority.
—Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Packages with Coca-Cola stickers Police arrested the man on a felony charge of trafficking in cocaine, Pitt County Detention Center records showed.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2026
The tour came in response to the Ecuadoran defense ministry's March 25 statement that his property wasn't a dairy farm, as had been reported, but a drug trafficking hideout, based on United States intelligence.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Court records show that Dellvalle-Perez was allegedly trafficking cocaine and crack cocaine in and around Waterbury.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trafficking
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But the Marlins rallied for four runs against three relievers in that inning, dealing the Yankees a 7-6 loss in the Bronx.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Guthrie’s situation is without parallel in the world of morning news, which has in recent years seen anchors like Robin Roberts and Sheinelle Jones return to programs after dealing, respectively, with bone marrow cancer and the death of a spouse.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2026
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Indian benchmark indexes were trading lower.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2026
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Cocoa — the key ingredient in chocolate — has been steadily falling in price from its all-time high in 2024, when cocoa beans were trading for over $12,000 a ton.—
Isaac Tellechea,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
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Pauli argued that some additional, invisible particle must be smuggling the leftover energy into the world.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Apr. 2026
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Of those, five pleaded guilty to conspiring to kill Haiti’s president while a sixth pleaded guilty to smuggling ballistic vests into the Caribbean country.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
5 Apr. 2026
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Early March, the city council voted 9 to 6, directing the city manager to collect more information about the costs of moving City Hall and selling the land and comparing them to fixing up the building.—
Jack Fink,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Trafficking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trafficking. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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