trafficker

trafficker — 名詞

1. a person who makes money by dealing in products that are against the law (such a

1.名詞B2
釋義

販運者

從事毒品、人口等非法交易的人

a person who makes money by dealing in products that are against the law (such as illegal drugs) or by buying and selling human beings and forcing them to work for little or no money

例句

Police arrested a known drug trafficker near the port after a six-month investigation.

經過六個月的調查，警方在港口附近逮捕了一名知名的毒販。

collocation: drug trafficker / known trafficker

Human traffickers often trick young people with false promises of well-paid jobs abroad.

人口販子常以海外高薪工作的虛假承諾欺騙年輕人。

pattern: human trafficker + trick + with + [false promise]

同義詞
  • drug dealer

    narrower — only refers to someone selling illegal drugs, not people or weapons

  • smuggler

    focuses on moving goods secretly across borders; a trafficker may also be a smuggler, but smuggling does not always involve selling

  • slave trader

    historical term now applied to modern human trafficking; strongly emphasises ownership and forced labour

  • kingpin

    refers to the leader of a large criminal organisation, not just any trafficker; implies higher rank and control

文法句型

trafficker + in + [goods/people]

modifier + trafficker

用法筆記

Almost always paired with a modifier such as drug, human, or arms that specifies what is being traded illegally. Used alone, the word most often refers to drug trafficking in news contexts.

常見錯誤

❌The authorities arrested a trafficker who was selling fruit at the market.
✅The authorities arrested a trader who was selling fruit at the market.
💡'Trafficker' is used only for illegal trade; 'trader' is the correct word for legal commerce.
❌She called the trafficker because he sold her a faulty laptop.
✅She called the seller because he sold her a faulty laptop.
💡'Trafficker' describes someone involved in systematic illegal trading, not a single ordinary transaction.