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Noun traffic has 4 senses

traffic - the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time
--₁ is a kind of collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
--₁ has particulars:
air traffic; commuter traffic; pedestrian traffic, foot traffic; vehicular traffic, vehicle traffic
traffic - buying and selling; especially illicit trade
--₂ is a kind of commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
--₂ has particulars:
drug traffic, drug trafficking, narcotraffic; simony; slave trade, slave traffic

Derived forms: verb traffic₂, verb traffic₁
traffic - the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time; "heavy traffic overloaded the trunk lines"; "traffic on the internet is lightest during the night"
--₃ is a kind of communication, communicating
dealings, traffic - social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with')
--₄ is a kind of interchange, reciprocation, give-and-take
--₄ has particulars: relation

Verb traffic has 2 senses

traffic - deal illegally; "traffic drugs"
--₁ is one way to trade, merchandise

Derived form: noun traffic₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
traffic - trade or deal a commodity; "They trafficked with us for gold"
--₂ is one way to trade, merchandise

Derived forms: noun traffic₂, noun trafficker₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something PP