trafficker

traf·fic  (trfk)

n.

1.

a. The passage of people or vehicles along routes of transportation.

b. Vehicles or pedestrians in transit: heavy traffic on the turnpike; stopped oncoming traffic to let the children cross.

2.

a. The commercial exchange of goods; trade.

b. Illegal or improper commercial activity: drug traffic on city streets.

3.

a. The business of moving passengers and cargo through a transportation system. See Synonyms at business.

b. The amount of cargo or number of passengers conveyed.

4.

a. The conveyance of messages or data through a system of communication: routers that manage Internet traffic.

b. Messages or data conveyed through such a system: a tremendous amount of telephone traffic on Mother's Day; couldn't download the file due to heavy Internet traffic.

5. Social or verbal exchange; communication: refused further traffic with the estranged friend.

intr.v. traf·ficked, traf·fick·ing, traf·fics

To carry on trade or other dealings: trafficked in liquidation merchandise; traffic with gangsters.

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[French trafic, from Old French trafique, from Old Italian traffico, from trafficare, to trade, perhaps from Catalan trafegar, to decant, from Vulgar Latin *trnsfaecre : trns-, trans- + faex, faec-, dregs; see feces.]

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traffick·er n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

trafficker - someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money marketer, seller, vender, vendor booking clerk, ticket agent - someone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel accommodations) cosmetician - someone who sells or applies cosmetics flower girl - a woman who sells flowers in the street fruiterer - a person who sells fruit cheap-jack, huckster - a seller of shoddy goods merchandiser, merchant - a businessperson engaged in retail trade hawker, packman, peddler, pedlar, pitchman - someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) selling agent - someone who sells goods (on commission) for others dealer - a seller of illicit goods; "a dealer in stolen goods" underseller - a seller that sells at a lower price than others do; "he went all over town looking for undersellers"

Translations

trafficker [ˈtræfɪkəʳ] N → traficante mf (in en)

trafficker [ˈtræfɪkə^r] n → trafiquant(e) m/f

trafficker

n (usu pej) → Händler(in) m(f), → Schieber(in) m(f) (pej); (in drugs also) → Dealer(in) m(f) (inf)

trafficker [ˈtræfɪkəʳ] n → trafficante m/f