'Trafficking' definitions:
Definition of 'Trafficking'
From: GCIDE
- Traffic \Traf"fic\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trafficked; p. pr. & vb. n. Trafficking.] [F. trafiquer; cf. It. trafficare, Sp. traficar, trafagar, Pg. traficar, trafegar, trafeguear, LL. traficare; of uncertain origin, perhaps fr. L. trans across, over + -ficare to make (see -fy, and cf. G. ["u]bermachen to transmit, send over, e. g., money, wares); or cf. Pg. trasfegar to pour out from one vessel into another, OPg. also, to traffic, perhaps fr. (assumed) LL. vicare to exchange, from L. vicis change (cf. Vicar).]
- 1. To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods; to barter; to trade. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'trafficking'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agency,
- barter,
- bartering,
- brokerage,
- buying and selling,
- dealing,
- doing business,
- exchange,
- give-and-take,
- horse trading,
- interchange,
- jobbing,
- merchandising,
- retailing,
- swapping,
- trade,
- trading,
- wheeling and dealing,
- wholesaling