Meaning & use
traffic
Vehicles, pedestrians, or goods moving along a route, or the volume of such movement.
See it in a sentence
Heavy traffic on the highway added an extra hour to their commute.
Police cracked down on the illegal traffic of stolen goods across the border.
A note on using this word
As a verb, 'traffic in' means to buy and sell something illegally, as in 'trafficking in counterfeit goods.'
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To trade in something illegal, or to deal in a dishonest or improper way.
The gang was arrested for trafficking weapons across state lines.
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