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human trafficking

human trafficking noun: a criminal activity in which people are recruited, harbored, transported, bought, or kidnapped to serve an exploitative purpose, such as sexual slavery, forced labor, or child soldiery.

Noun

human trafficking (uncountable)

  1. A criminal activity in which people are recruited, harbored, transported, bought, or kidnapped to serve an exploitative purpose, such as sexual slavery, forced labor, or child soldiery.

human trafficking meaning in Tamil, Gujarati, Arabic and Indonesian

human trafficking in Tamil

ஆள் கடத்து வியாபாரம்

human trafficking in Gujarati

criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
માનવવેપાર mānavvepār

human trafficking in Arabic

criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
اِتِّجَار بِالْبَشَر ittijār bi-l-bašar

human trafficking in Indonesian

criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
penyelundupan manusia
More languagesFewer languages
human trafficking in Persian
قاچاق انسان qâčâq-e ensân
human trafficking in Thai
การค้ามนุษย์ gaan-káa-má-nút
human trafficking in Vietnamese
buôn người

Questions about human trafficking

What does human trafficking mean?
Human trafficking means a criminal activity in which people are recruited, harbored, transported, bought, or kidnapped to serve an exploitative purpose, such as sexual slavery, forced labor, or child soldiery.
What is human trafficking in Tamil?
Human trafficking in Tamil is ஆள் கடத்து வியாபாரம். See Human trafficking meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is human trafficking?
Human trafficking is a noun.

Words near human trafficking in the dictionary

  1. human terrain
  2. human terrains
  3. human touch
  4. human trafficker
  5. human traffickers
  6. human trafficking
  7. human wave
  8. human waves
  9. human year
  10. human years
  11. human zoo

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