trafficker
English
Noun
trafficker (plural traffickers)
- (chiefly derogatory) Someone who traffics; a trader or merchant of illegal products, or of legal products in an illegal setting.
- drug trafficker
- human trafficker
- 2008, Claire M. Renzetti, Jeffrey L. Edleson, Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence, SAGE, →ISBN:
- Trafficking Methods Traffickers may be members of organized crime networks or may be locals, friends, or even family members well known to the victim. […] In addition, traffickers may be involved in other criminal activities— for example, using the vehicles that transport victims and drugs out of a country to transport weapons or other items back in.
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Translations
someone who traffics (in anything)
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Further reading
- “trafficker”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “trafficker” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
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