Meaning of "trafficked" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF TRAFFICKED

trafficked

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRAFFICKED

Trafficked is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb trafficked in English.

WHAT DOES TRAFFICKED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Smuggling

Smuggling is the illegal transportation of objects or people, such as out of a building, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of applicable laws or other regulations. There are various motivations to smuggle. These include the participation in illegal trade, such as in the drug trade, in illegal immigration or illegal emigration, tax evasion, providing contraband to a prison inmate, or the theft of the items being smuggled. Examples of non-financial motivations include bringing banned items past a security checkpoint or the removal of classified documents from a government or corporate office. Smuggling is a common theme in literature, from Bizet's Carmen to the James Bond books Diamonds are Forever and Goldfinger.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TRAFFICKED

PRESENT

Present

I traffic

you traffic

he/she/it traffics

we traffic

you traffic

they traffic

Present continuous

I am trafficking

you are trafficking

he/she/it is trafficking

we are trafficking

you are trafficking

they are trafficking

Present perfect

I have trafficked

you have trafficked

he/she/it has trafficked

we have trafficked

you have trafficked

they have trafficked

Present perfect continuous

I have been trafficking

you have been trafficking

he/she/it has been trafficking

we have been trafficking

you have been trafficking

they have been trafficking

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I trafficked

you trafficked

he/she/it trafficked

we trafficked

you trafficked

they trafficked

Past continuous

I was trafficking

you were trafficking

he/she/it was trafficking

we were trafficking

you were trafficking

they were trafficking

Past perfect

I had trafficked

you had trafficked

he/she/it had trafficked

we had trafficked

you had trafficked

they had trafficked

Past perfect continuous

I had been trafficking

you had been trafficking

he/she/it had been trafficking

we had been trafficking

you had been trafficking

they had been trafficking

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will traffic

you will traffic

he/she/it will traffic

we will traffic

you will traffic

they will traffic

Future continuous

I will be trafficking

you will be trafficking

he/she/it will be trafficking

we will be trafficking

you will be trafficking

they will be trafficking

Future perfect

I will have trafficked

you will have trafficked

he/she/it will have trafficked

we will have trafficked

you will have trafficked

they will have trafficked

Future perfect continuous

I will have been trafficking

you will have been trafficking

he/she/it will have been trafficking

we will have been trafficking

you will have been trafficking

they will have been trafficking

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would trafficked

you would trafficked

he/she/it would trafficked

we would trafficked

you would trafficked

they would trafficked

Conditional continuous

I would be trafficking

you would be trafficking

he/she/it would be trafficking

we would be trafficking

you would be trafficking

they would be trafficking

Conditional perfect

I would have trafficked

you would have trafficked

he/she/it would have trafficked

we would have trafficked

you would have trafficked

they would have trafficked

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been trafficking

you would have been trafficking

he/she/it would have been trafficking

we would have been trafficking

you would have been trafficking

they would have been trafficking

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you traffic
we let´s traffic
you traffic

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to traffic

Past participle

trafficked

Present Participle

trafficking

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «TRAFFICKED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «trafficked» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of trafficked

bargain · barter · bottleneck · business · commerce · congestion · conveyancing · cut a deal · deal · dealing · dealings · doings · exchange · freight · gridlock · hold-up · jam · market · movement · peddle · shipping · snarl-up · tailback · trade · traffic jam · transport · transportation · truck

TRANSLATION OF TRAFFICKED

Find out the translation of trafficked to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of trafficked from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «trafficked» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 贩卖
• Translator English - Spanish: víctimas de la trata
• English: trafficked
• Translator English - Hindi: तस्करी
• Translator English - Arabic: الاتجار
• Translator English - Russian: торговли
• Translator English - Portuguese: traficadas
• Translator English - Bengali: পাচার
• Translator English - French: victimes de la traite
• Translator English - Malay: Diperdagangkan
• Translator English - German: Opfer von Menschenhandel
• Translator English - Japanese: 売買される
• Translator English - Korean: 인신 매매
• Translator English - Javanese: Diperdagangkan
• Translator English - Vietnamese: buôn bán
• Translator English - Tamil: போக்கிலே
• Translator English - Marathi: दलाली
• Translator English - Turkish: trafiğe
• Translator English - Italian: vittime di tratta
• Translator English - Polish: ofiarami handlu ludźmi
• Translator English - Ukrainian: торгівлі
• Translator English - Romanian: traficate
• Translator English - Greek: εμπορίας
• Translator English - Afrikaans: mensehandel
• Translator English - Swedish: trafikerade
• Translator English - Norwegian: trafikkert

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRAFFICKED»

Discover the use of trafficked in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to trafficked and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Trafficked

In this gripping thriller, a 17-year-old Moldovan girl whose parents have been killed is brought to the United States to work as a slave for a family in Los Angeles.

Kim Purcell, 2013

Trafficked: The Terrifying True Story of a British Girl ...

He’d been her friend for years. He said he loved her. Then she realised she didn’t know him at all...

Sophie Hayes, 2012

Trafficked

Gradually the full extent of the problem, and details of the web of criminals who trade in women, was revealed. Trafficked tells the stories of women and girls trafficked to Australia and kept aginst their will.

Kathleen Maltzahn, 2008

Trafficked Young People: Breaking the Wall of Silence

The book looks at how practitioners interpret and use definitions of trafficking in their day to day work; at their experiences of exposing the needs of trafficked children and young people and at their efforts to find appropriate resources ...

Jenny J. Pearce, Patricia Hynes, Silvie Bovarnick, 2013

Trafficked: The Diary of a Sex Slave

"Trafficked : the diary of a sex slave is a gritty, gripping, and tear-jerking novella, inspired by real victims' accounts and research into the sex trafficking underworld."--From back cover.

Sibel Hodge, 2011

Owed Justice: Thai Women Trafficked Into Debt Bondage in Japan

Role of foreign migrants

Kinsey Dinan, 2000

The Trafficked

DETECTIVE JOHNNY MANN IS BACK

Lee Weeks, 2009

Safeguarding Children from Abroad: Refugee, Asylum Seeking ...

This book examines the issues and problems faced by these children, what their needs are, and how these needs should be met in order to ensure their effective safeguarding.

Emma Kelly, Farhat Bokhari, 2012

Unthinkable: The Shocking Scandal of Britain's Trafficked ...

As this book goes to press, a gang of men similar to those convicted in Rochdale stands trial for similar crimes in Oxford. What is happening in Britain that means young vulnerable girls can be exploited in this way?

Kris Hollington, 2013

Media/expert Images of Trafficked Women: A Case Study of the ...

Trafficking in women is among the most serious human rights challenges.

Rodica Guzun, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRAFFICKED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term trafficked is used in the context of the following news items.

7 ways to spot that someone is being trafficked

The CNN Freedom Project wants to amplify the voices of the victims of modern-day slavery, highlight success stories and help unravel the tangle of criminal ... «CNN, Jul 15»

Colombia Rehabs, Releases 149 Trafficked Animals

A Colombian Air Force plane whose cargo hold looked more like the hull of Noah's Ark delivered nearly 150 trafficked animals back to the Amazon on Tuesday ... «Discovery News, Mar 15»

Emotional Scars Of Modern Slavery Run 'Deeper Than Any Visible …

"When you see a [trafficked] man work, you don't see that he sleeps in a room with 20 other people or that he's been given food with worms in it," says Clark, who ... «NPR, Feb 15»

Young Africans sold 'dream' of UK living only to be trafficked into …

Young people in Africa are being sold “the dream” of living in the UK, including the promise of becoming a Premier League footballer, only to be trafficked into ... «The Guardian, Dec 14»

Manchester trafficking ring 'sold pregnant woman into sham marriage'

Silhouette of a woman against blinds Greater Manchester police said there were up to 400 cases involving women being trafficked for sham marriages in the ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»

China police trace families of trafficked babies

Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Yunnan are searching for the parents of 11 infants rescued from a baby trafficking ring. Police in the province's ... «BBC News, Nov 14»

Thousands trafficked to the UK and kept in slavery, police report shows

MDG anti-trafficking demo in London Protesters outside the UK Houses of Parliament campaigning against the sex trafficking of young people. Photograph: Oli ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»

Brides for sale: Vietnamese women trafficked to China

As trafficking is run by illegal gangs and the communities involved are poor and remote, official data is patchy and likely underestimates the scale of the problem, ... «Yahoo News, Jun 14»

Number of UK-born children being trafficked for sexual abuse soars

The National Crime Agency 'is committed to relentlessly disrupting what is a criminal trade in human misery', said the head of the agency's human trafficking ... «The Guardian, Feb 14»

Trafficking victim's nightmare journey to UK drug farm

As a senior judge rules those who have been convicted of crimes after being trafficked into the UK are victims, not criminals, Channel 4 News meets one boy ... «Channel 4 News, Jun 13»