human trafficking

noun

A criminal activity in which people are recruited, harbored, transported, bought, or kidnapped to serve an exploitative purpose, such as sexual slavery, forced labor, or child soldiery.

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Meanings

nounhuman trafficking (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA criminal activity in which people are recruited, harbored, transported, bought, or kidnapped to serve an exploitative purpose, such as sexual slavery, forced labor, or child soldiery.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
people trafficking

Translations

Afrikaans mensehandel
  • mensehandelcriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Arabic اِتِّجَار بِالْبَشَر
  • اِتِّجَار بِالْبَشَر (ittijār bi-l-bašar)criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Chinese Mandarin 人口販賣 /人口贩卖, 人口販運 /人口贩运
  • 人口販賣 /人口贩卖 (rénkǒu fànmài)criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • 人口販運 /人口贩运 (rénkǒu fànyùn)criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Czech obchodování s lidmi
  • obchodování s lidmicriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Danish menneskehandel
  • menneskehandelcriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Dutch mensenhandel
  • mensenhandelcriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Estonian inimkaubandus
  • inimkaubanduscriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Finnish ihmiskauppa
  • ihmiskauppacriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
French traite, trafic d'êtres humains
  • traitecriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • trafic d'êtres humainscriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
German Menschenhandel
  • Menschenhandelcriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Greek τράφικινγκ
  • τράφικινγκ (tráfikingk)criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Hebrew סַחַר בִּבְנֵי אָדָם
  • סַחַר בִּבְנֵי אָדָם (sákhar biv'néi 'adám)criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Hungarian emberkereskedelem
  • emberkereskedelemcriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Icelandic mansal
  • mansalcriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Indonesian penyelundupan manusia
  • penyelundupan manusiacriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Italian traffico di esseri umani
  • traffico di esseri umanicriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Japanese 人身売買, トラフィッキング
  • 人身売買 (jinshin baibai)criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • トラフィッキング (torafikkingu)criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • 人身取引 (jinshin torihiki)criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Korean 인신매매
  • 인신매매 (insinmaemae)criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Norwegian Bokmål menneskehandel
  • menneskehandelcriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Persian قاچاق انسان
  • قاچاق انسان (qâčâq-e ensân)criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Polish handel ludźmi, handel żywym towarem
  • handel ludźmicriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • handel żywym towaremcriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Portuguese tráfico de pessoas, tráfico humano
  • tráfico de pessoascriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • tráfico humanocriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Romanian trafic de persoane, trafic de carne vie
  • trafic de persoanecriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • trafic de carne viecriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Russian торго́вля людьми́, тра́фикинг
  • торго́вля людьми́ (torgóvlja ljudʹmí)criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • тра́фикинг (tráfiking)criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Slovak obchodovanie s ľuďmi
  • obchodovanie s ľuďmicriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Spanish trata de personas, tráfico de personas
  • trata de personascriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • tráfico de personascriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • tratacriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • traficación humanacriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Swahili usafirishaji haramu wa binadamu, biashara haramu ya binadamu
  • usafirishaji haramu wa binadamucriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • biashara haramu ya binadamucriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Swedish människohandel, trafficking
  • människohandelcriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
  • traffickingcriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Thai การค้ามนุษย์
  • การค้ามนุษย์ (gaan-káa-má-nút)criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Turkish insan ticareti
  • insan ticareticriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Vietnamese buôn người
  • buôn ngườicriminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose
Cite this entry
APA

human trafficking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/human%20trafficking

MLA

“human trafficking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/human%20trafficking. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “human trafficking,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/human%20trafficking.

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