trafficking
Americannoun
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the practice of dealing or trading in a commodity or service, often an illegal one.
drug trafficking.
Etymology
Origin of trafficking
First recorded in 1530–40; traffic ( def. ) + -ing 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The word which to us best recalls such gigantesque idiocy is the word "mafficking."
From Alarms and Discursions by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
Some people accused the Merry Wives of rollicking and "mafficking" overmuch—but these were the people who forgot that we were acting in a farce, and that farce is farce, even when Shakespeare is the author.
From The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections by Terry, Ellen
Yet for the moment, there was nothing but wild rejoicing: a sort of scientific mafficking.
From Back to Methuselah by Shaw, Bernard
But after all, "mafficking" is not unknown in civilized countries.
From Anthropology by Marett, R. R. (Robert Ranulph)
And amid all the shouting and waving of flags, all the manifold "homages" to this hero and to that, there was not the slightest trace of rowdyism or of "mafficking."
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
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