traffick
traffick is the alternative spelling of traffic.
traffick is the archaic spelling of traffic.
Meaning of traffic
Verb
traffic (third-person singular simple present traffics, present participle trafficking, simple past and past participle trafficked)
- To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods.
- Synonyms:
- trade
- To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.
- To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration.
- A Libyan longing took us, and we would have chosen, if we could, to bear a strand of grotesque beads, or a handful of brazen gauds, and traffic them for some sable maid with crisp locks, whom, uncoffling from the captive train beside the desert, we should make to do our general housework forever...1912, The World's Wit and Humor, page 176
Forms of traffick
| third-person singular present | trafficks |
|---|---|
| present participle | trafficking |
| past participle | trafficked |
| past | trafficked |
Origin of traffick
Use of this spelling for the verb in relation to illegal trafficking is probably influenced by the spelling of the noun trafficking.
Questions about traffick
- What is traffick the alternative spelling of?
- Traffick is the alternative spelling of traffic.
Words near traffick in the dictionary
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