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Traffic (Verb)

Trade or deal a commodity; "They trafficked with us for gold".

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Smugglers were arrested for trafficking contraband across the border for years.
They trafficked with neighboring villages, exchanging goods for food during the winter.
The ports trafficked with ships full of spices and silk from the East.
In the black market, people trafficked information for large sums of money.
They trafficked large quantities of grain with the merchants to supply the city.

Deal illegally; "traffic drugs".

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

The organization was caught trafficing stolen goods across the border for years before it was finally shut down.
He had been to prison once before for trying to traffic cocaine into the country.
The cartel's main source of income was trafficing illegal substances and laundering the money.
After months of investigation, the police finally caught the group that had been trafficing young women across the country.
The authorities discovered that the ring had been trafficing stolen cars and selling them overseas for a large profit.