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traffic verb. Also (arch.) traffick. Infl. -ck-. M16.
[French traf(f)iquer, Spanish traficar, Italian trafficare; of unkn. origin.]
verb intrans. Carry on trade, buy and sell; have commercial dealings with a person etc. Also (now rare or obsolete), resort to a place for the purpose of trade. M16.
Capt. Cook They trafficked with us for cocoa-nuts. S. Naipaul The smaller ships..trafficked among the islands.
b. Deal or trade in something of an illicit or disreputable nature. M17.
Times Literary Supplement They traffick in white slaves.
verb intrans. Conduct secret dealings; intrigue or conspire (with a person). Also, communicate or have social dealings (with a person), conduct negotiations; be concerned (in a matter). M16.
G. Vidal You can't be President and traffic with parlour pinks and socialists.
verb trans. Travel across or frequent for the purpose of trading; carry on trade in (a place). M16-E17.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Pass to and fro (on), frequent (a road etc.). dial. rare. E19.
verb trans. Carry on a trade in; barter; deal in, esp. illicitly. L16.
Daily Telegraph Diplomats have helped traffic gold into India where legal import is banned.
trafficker noun a person who trades or traffics, esp. in something of an illicit or disreputable nature L16.