trafficker

traf·fic

T0306600 (trăf′ĭk)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. See Synonyms at business.3. a. The business of moving passengers and cargo through a transportation system.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.c. The number of users or visitors, as at a website: attempted to increase traffic with a redesigned homepage. 5. Social or verbal exchange; communication: refused further traffic with the estranged friend.v. traf·ficked, traf·fick·ing, traf·fics intr.v. To carry on trade or other dealings: trafficked in liquidation merchandise; traffic with gangsters.tr.v. To provide to others, especially in large quantities, in exchange for money: was accused of trafficking guns to local gangs.

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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 *trānsfaecāre : trāns-, trans- + faex, faec-, dregs; see feces.]

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traf′fick·er n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

trafficker - someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for moneymarketer, seller, vender, vendorbooking clerk, ticket agent - someone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel accommodations)cosmetician - someone who sells or applies cosmeticsflower girl - a woman who sells flowers in the streetfruiterer - a person who sells fruitcheap-jack, huckster - a seller of shoddy goodsmerchandiser, merchant - a businessperson engaged in retail tradehawker, 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 othersdealer - 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"

trafficker

nounA person engaged in buying and selling:businessperson, dealer, merchandiser, merchant, speculator, trader, tradesman.

Translations

非法交易商贩

traffic

(ˈtrӕfik) noun1. vehicles, aircraft, ships etc moving about. There's a lot of traffic on the roads / on the river. 交通 交通2. trade, especially illegal or dishonest. the drug traffic. 非法交易 非法交易 verb – past tense, past participle ˈtrafficked – to deal or trade in, especially illegally or dishonestly. They were trafficking in smuggled goods. 做非法交易 做非法交易ˈtrafficker noun a usually illegal or dishonest dealer. a trafficker in drugs. 非法交易商販 非法交易商贩traffic island a small pavement in the middle of a road, for pedestrians to stand on on their way across. (交通術語)安全島 （交通术语）安全岛 traffic jam a situation in which large numbers of road vehicles are prevented from proceeding freely. 交通擁擠 交通拥挤traffic lights lights of changing colours for controlling traffic at road crossings etc. Turn left at the traffic lights. 交通號誌 红绿灯（交通用语） traffic wardenwarden