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
The crisis at our southern border in which drug cartels are trafficking women, children, drugs, fentanyl pouring into our country.
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CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
Matthew is serving a 7-year prison sentence in Singapore's Changi Prison for trafficking meth.
—Rebecca Wright, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
Hollywood trafficking in cringey stereotypes is nothing new.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2024
CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
Matthew is serving a 7-year prison sentence in Singapore's Changi Prison for trafficking meth.
—Rebecca Wright, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
Hollywood trafficking in cringey stereotypes is nothing new.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Trafficking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trafficking. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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