sex-trafficking

noun

The practice of trafficking people for the purpose of sexual exploitation.

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of sex-traffic
nounsex-trafficking (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe practice of trafficking people for the purpose of sexual exploitation.

    Epstein, the deceased financier, sex offender and friend to the rich and famous, has been at the heart of a sprawling conspiracy theory about child sex-trafficking and the global elite since he killed himself in jail six years ago — a suicide that was reaffirmed by the FBI this month.

    2025 July 10, Jesus Mesa, “'We've Been Played': MAGA Faces Its Own Disappointment With Trump”, in Newsweek
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APA

sex-trafficking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sex-trafficking

MLA

“sex-trafficking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sex-trafficking. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sex-trafficking,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sex-trafficking.

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