Meanings
plural traffickers
- derogatorySomeone who traffics; a trader or merchant of illegal products, or of legal products in an illegal setting.
drug trafficker
2 more examples
human trafficker
Trafficking Methods Traffickers may be members of organized crime networks or may be locals, friends, or even family members well known to the victim. […] In addition, traffickers may be involved in other criminal activities— for example, using the vehicles that transport victims and drugs out of a country to transport weapons or other items back in.
2008, Claire M. Renzetti, Jeffrey L. Edleson, Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence, SAGE, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomeone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek μεταβολεύς
- μεταβολεύς (metaboleús)someone who traffics (in anything)
Chinese Mandarin 販子 /贩子
- 販子 /贩子 (fànzi)someone who traffics (in anything)
Esperanto ŝakristo
- ŝakristosomeone who traffics (in anything)
Finnish välittäjä, kauppias
- välittäjäsomeone who traffics (in anything)
- kauppiassomeone who traffics (in anything)
French trafiquant
- trafiquantsomeone who traffics (in anything)
Hindi तस्कर
- तस्कर (taskar)someone who traffics (in anything)
Italian trafficatore, trafficante
- trafficatoresomeone who traffics (in anything)
- trafficantesomeone who traffics (in anything)
Polish handlarz, przemytnik
- handlarzsomeone who traffics (in anything)
- przemytniksomeone who traffics (in anything)
Spanish traficante
- traficantesomeone who traffics (in anything)
Cite this entry
trafficker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trafficker
“trafficker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trafficker. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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