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human trafficking

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: child trafficking

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Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: mensehandel — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Arabic: اِتِّجَار بِالْبَشَر (ittijār bi-l-bašar) — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Armenian: թրաֆիքինգ (tʻrafikʻing) — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Azerbaijani: traffikinq — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Azerbaijani: insan alveri — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人口販賣 /人口贩卖 (rénkǒu fànmài) — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人口販運 /人口贩运 (rénkǒu fànyùn) — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Czech: obchodování s lidmi — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Danish: menneskehandel — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Dutch: mensenhandel — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Estonian: inimkaubandus — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Finnish: ihmiskauppa — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • French: traite — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • French: trafic d'êtres humains — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Georgian: ტრეფიკინგი (ṭrepiḳingi) — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Georgian: ადამიანების ტრეფიკინგი (adamianebis ṭrepiḳingi) — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • German: Menschenhandel — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Greek: τράφικινγκ (tráfikingk) — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Gujarati: માનવવેપાર (mānavvepār) — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Hebrew: סַחַר בִּבְנֵי אָדָם (sákhar biv'néi 'adám) — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Hungarian: emberkereskedelem — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Icelandic: mansal — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Indonesian: penyelundupan manusia — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Italian: traffico di esseri umani — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Japanese: 人身売買 (jinshin baibai) — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Japanese: トラフィッキング (torafikkingu) — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Japanese: 人身取引 (jinshin torihiki) — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Kazakh: адам саудасы (adam saudasy) — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Korean: 인신 매매 (insin maemae) — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Norwegian Bokmål: menneskehandel — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: menneskehandel — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Persian: قاچاق انسان (qâčâq-e ensân) — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Polish: handel ludźmi — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Polish: handel żywym towarem — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Portuguese: tráfico de pessoas — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Portuguese: tráfico humano — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Romanian: trafic de persoane — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Romanian: trafic de carne vie — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Russian: торго́вля людьми́ (torgóvlja ljudʹmí) — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Russian: тра́фикинг (tráfiking) — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Serbo-Croatian: трговина људима — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Serbo-Croatian: трговање људима — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Serbo-Croatian: trgovina ljudima — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Serbo-Croatian: trgovanje ljudima — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Slovak: obchodovanie s ľuďmi — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Spanish: trata de personas — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Spanish: tráfico de personas — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Spanish: trata — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Spanish: traficación humana — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Swahili: usafirishaji haramu wa binadamu — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Swahili: biashara haramu ya binadamu — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Swedish: människohandel — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Swedish: trafficking — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Thai: การค้ามนุษย์ (gaan-káa-má-nút) — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Turkish: insan ticareti — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • Vietnamese: buôn người — criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose