What is "trafficked"

Traffic \Traf"fic\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trafficked; p. pr. & vb. n. Trafficking.] [F. trafiquer; cf. It. trafficare, Sp. traficar, trafagar, Pg. traficar, trafegar, trafeguear, LL. traficare; of uncertain origin, perhaps fr. L. trans across, over + -ficare to make (see -fy, and cf. G. ["u]bermachen to transmit, send over, e. g., money, wares); or cf. Pg. trasfegar to pour out from one vessel into another, OPg. also, to traffic, perhaps fr. (assumed) LL. vicare to exchange, from L. vicis change (cf. Vicar).]

1. To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods; to barter; to trade.

2. To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.

vb. (en-past of: traffic)

1. n. the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time

2. buying and selling; especially illicit trade

3. the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time; "heavy traffic overloaded the trunk lines"; "traffic on the internet is lightest during the night"

4. social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with') [syn: dealings]

5. [also: trafficking, trafficked]

1. v. deal illegally; "traffic drugs"

2. trade or deal a commodity; "They trafficked with us for gold"

3. [also: trafficking, trafficked]

See traffic