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  1. v. present participle of traffic.
  2. n. The exploitative movement of people across borders
  3. n. The distribution of illegal drugs
  4. n. the smuggling of illegal arms
  5. n. The movement of an enzyme (or other protein) through tissue

Etymologies

  1. French trafic, from Old French trafique, from Old Italian traffico, from trafficare, to trade, perhaps from Catalan trafegar, to decant, from Vulgar Latin *trānsfaecāre : trāns-, trans- + faex, faec-, dregs; see feces.

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