traffic

Definition

• n. the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time
• n. buying and selling; especially illicit trade
• n. the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time
• v. deal illegally

Word forms

Present participle

trafficking

Past tense

trafficked

Third person singular

traffics

Past participle

trafficked

Example sentences

1. n.

   The traffic in the city is usually very heavy during rush hour.

2. vi.

   Many people traffic in rare collectibles at the market.

3. vt.

   They trafficked goods in exchange for information about the area.

4. n.

   The website's traffic increased significantly after the new advertisement was launched.