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trafficker

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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noun

Meaning 1

Someone who traffics; a trader or merchant of illegal products, or of legal products in an illegal setting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory

Examples

  • drug trafficker
  • human trafficker

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: seller, marketer, vender, vendor

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: merchant, merchandiser

Narrower terms: ticket agent, booking clerk, cosmetician, flower girl, fruiterer, huckster, cheap-jack, peddler, pedlar, packman, hawker, pitchman, selling agent, dealer, underseller

History

Etymology

From traffic + -er.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 販子 /贩子 (fànzi) — someone who traffics (in anything)
  • Esperanto: ŝakristo — someone who traffics (in anything)
  • Finnish: välittäjä — someone who traffics (in anything)
  • Finnish: kauppias — someone who traffics (in anything)
  • French: trafiquant — someone who traffics (in anything)
  • Ancient Greek: μεταβολεύς (metaboleús) — someone who traffics (in anything)
  • Hindi: तस्कर (taskar) — someone who traffics (in anything)
  • Italian: trafficatore — someone who traffics (in anything)
  • Italian: trafficante — someone who traffics (in anything)
  • Polish: handlarz — someone who traffics (in anything)
  • Polish: przemytnik — someone who traffics (in anything)
  • Spanish: traficante — someone who traffics (in anything)
Real reading context

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