- present participle of traffic.
trafficking
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Law-enforcement officers who suspected Antoine Jones of drug trafficking placed a small GPS tracking device underneath his car and remotely monitored its movements on public streets for 28 days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The two men have previously said they didn’t know Epstein was engaged in sex trafficking and denied being complicit in or knowingly facilitating any crimes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The billionaire has said he did not know about Epstein's crimes until he was charged with sex trafficking in July 2019.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Patel angrily rejected the allegations during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing and lauded the FBI's record in reducing violent crime, fighting drug trafficking and prosecuting fraud.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
The government forbade any trafficking in Indian antiquities and had given the priest a general concession, authorizing him to catalogue whatever he found and hand it over to the museum.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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