TRAFFICKED Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

trafficked

verb

past tense of traffic

as in traded

to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property arrested him for trafficking in drugs

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Recent Examples of trafficked Those trafficked away from Chile have two identities, names, and nationalities, creating legal complications. — Ashoka, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Animals that have been trafficked are usually captured and transported in inhumane conditions, and some die during the journey. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 Lured by the promise of a well-paying insurance job, Ganea arrived in Thailand to turn a page in his life but was instead trafficked across the border into Myanmar. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2026 The deal would resolve lawsuits brought by relatives of people whose remains were donated for research, then allegedly trafficked by a former morgue employee. — Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026 The drug was reportedly being trafficked from Philadelphia and New York. — Kelsie Cairns , Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The drug is trafficked westward from Myanmar into Bangladesh, through border areas that are difficult to control. — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 18 Aug. 2026 The government has been required by law for decades to protect migrant children who are in the country illegally without guardians, over fears they could be exploited, abused or trafficked. — Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026 Davis has spent 28 years working with women and girls who have been trafficked and exploited in North Texas. — Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 30 July 2026

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Allen, the Pembroke Pines kid who worked his way up from Weston FC to the Inter Miami youth academy to the club’s all-time appearance leader, was traded to the Chicago Fire.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
Plus, the Devils had an extra first-round pick in 2028 after the Šimon Nemec trade in which New Jersey acquired two firsts, including the one now traded to Nashville.

— Peter Baugh, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of traded

Verb

The settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, announced Friday, also dealt Gabriel Perez a three-year trading ban.

— Collin Binkley, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
The news shocked scientists and engineers across NASA missions, who were suddenly dealt a dose of uncertainty as their job security teetered in political limbo.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of dealt

Verb

Panthers coach Dave Canales said he was sold on Okereke, who has played in all 17 NFL games in four of his past five seasons and has had 130-plus tackles four different times in his career.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026
Isaacson’s 2023 book left a lot of reviewers cold with its lack of criticism but still sold a gazillion copies.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of sold

Verb

Simonian is believed to have smuggled Egyptian relics to institutions that include the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Louvre Abu Dhabi for a collective sum of $64 million.

— News Desk, Artforum, 26 Aug. 2026
In the melee the Koh-i-Noor was smuggled to the Persian general Ahmad Khan Abdali by a devoted harem member.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026