traffic
noun
the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc..
were trafficking
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past progressiveof traffic.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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At the UN, he had called for a criminal inquiry into US strikes on boats Washington has claimed, without showing proof, were trafficking drugs in the Caribbean.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
Despite the Home Office’s conclusion that the men were trafficking victims, the case did not involve charges of trafficking or modern slavery.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2024
“It became the human trafficking intervention court as a way to place emphasis on the fact that there were trafficking victims in the court system that were not being recognized as such,” Serita said.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2019
He also said short-sellers were trafficking in misinformation.
From BusinessWeek ● Apr. 27, 2011
By providing links to it, Mr. Corley and 2600 were "trafficking" in a technology that allows others to circumvent a technological protection measure.
From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by Boyle, James
