traffick
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Alternative spelling of traffic (now especially of illegal goods)
Example Sentences
- "Therefore in hopes to defray ſome of the Charges he muſt be at, he bought a Sloop, loaded it with ſeveral ſorts of Goods, wherewith the Tinquineſe uſually trade to the neighbouring Iſlands, and putting fourteen Men on board, whereof three were of the Country, he appointed me Maſter of the Sloop, and gave me power to traffick for two Months, while he tranſacted his Affairs at Tonquin."
- "If an addict-possessor who trafficks in narcotics is to be prosecuted, and if these “time to time” acts constitute “trafficking,” then the Watson majority's possession exemption “will prove nearly meaningless […]"
- "The writer is also a double agent, who trafficks in perceptions and double-deals between circumstances and possibilities, present and future."
- "Appellant contends that the imposition of a fine is totally unauthorized as punishment for conspiracy to traffick in marijuana."
- "These offences include: (1) Section 129(1): this makes it an offence to traffick in persons to or from Hong Kong for the purpose of prostitution."
- "Tho' it is evident by our histories, that in many cities in Holland great quantities of manufactures were made, when all the European traffick and navigation was mostly driven by the Easterlings and Hans-Towns, and before fishing, traffick, and freighting of ships were settled in these provinces […]"
Etymology
Use of this spelling for the verb in relation to illegal trafficking is probably influenced by the spelling of the noun trafficking.