trafficked
Sold people illicitly
Trafficked is the past tense of traffic, meaning to trade or deal in something—usually something illegal or morally objectionable.
People are trafficked for forced labor or sexual exploitation.
Drugs are trafficked across borders.
The word carries connotations of illicit commerce: She was trafficked into the country as a teenager.
Legal trading rarely uses this verb.
One harmed by another
- survivorOne still alive after
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- forcedMade to occur unwillingly
prostitution · slavery · bondage · servitude · recruitment · grooming · deceived · trapped
Prohibited trade goods
- drugsTherapeutic chemical compounds
- narcoticsDrugs inducing sleep, numbness
- weaponsTools for fighting
- armsUpper body limbs
illegal · border · cartel · syndicate · mule · coyote · tunnel · route
Things for sale
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- tradedExchanged for value
- exportedSold abroad commercially
imported · shipped · distributed · brokered · wholesale · retail · marketplace · supply
victim
One harmed by another
- survivorOne still alive after
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
forced · prostitution · slavery · bondage · servitude · recruitment · grooming · deceived · trapped · rescued
contraband
Prohibited trade goods
arms · illegal · border · cartel · syndicate · mule · coyote · tunnel · route · shipment
goods
Things for sale
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- tradedExchanged for value
exported · imported · shipped · distributed · brokered · wholesale · retail · marketplace · supply · demand
transported
Moved between locations
moved · channeled · funneled · transferred · transited · ferried · hauled · dispatched · forwarded · transshipped
- wrongedabused, mistreated, victimized, exploited, oppressed
- captivitycaptive, prisoner, detained, imprisoned, incarcerated
- possessionowned, acquired, possessed, kept, retained
traffickedregulated
Made to follow rules
licensed · authorized · sanctioned · documented · above-board
traffickedliberated
Released from confinement
freed · rescued · emancipated · emigrated · immigrated
traffickeduntraveled
Never having journeyed
empty · deserted · unfrequented · unused · abandoned
- cocaine traffickingIllegal distribution of stimulant powder
- drug traffickingIllegal distribution of controlled substances
- human trafficking survivorPerson freed from forced servitude
- human traffickingCriminal trade in people
- drug traffickerOne who smuggles narcotics
- sex traffickingForced commercial sexual exploitation
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