trafficking

English

Etymology

From traffic +‎ -ing.

Verb

trafficking

1. present participle and gerund of traffic
2. present participle and gerund of traffick

Noun

trafficking (plural traffickings)

1. The illegal trade or exchange of goods.
2. (biochemistry) The movement of an enzyme (or other protein) through tissue.

Derived terms

• arms trafficking
• child trafficking
• drug trafficking
• human trafficking
• sex trafficking

Translations

the illegal trade or movement of goods

• Hindi: तस्करी (hi) (taskarī)
• Maori: hokotaihara
• Spanish: traficación f

the movement of an enzyme or other protein through tissue

• Spanish: traficación f

Further reading

• “trafficking”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “trafficking”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “trafficking” (US) / “trafficking” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.