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trafficking

[traf-i-king] / ˈtræf ɪ kɪŋ /


NOUN
smuggling
Synonyms


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“Just because no one is watching the trafficking pipelines right now doesn’t mean guns aren’t flowing through it. It just means they’re not being intercepted,” she told me.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

And it turned into a clear example of why trafficking enforcement matters.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

The 47-year-old lawyer promised to build supermax prisons in the Amazon while reinforcing the army to smash trafficking groups.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Earlier this month, the Justice Department announced that a Daly City man suspected of purchasing and exporting hundreds of poached turtles from Florida was facing federal wildlife trafficking charges.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

COLIC: colicky frolic: frolicked, frolicker, frolicking GARLIC: garlicky mimic: mimicked, mimicking panic: panicked, panicking, panicky picnic: picnicked, picnicker, picnicking POLITICS: politicker, politicking traffic: trafficked, trafficker, trafficking playwright.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner




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