French Conversation · Level 150
30 words
French word
trafiquant
Pronunciation
IPA/tʁafikɑ̃/
Meaning
- masculine nountrafficker
Example
La police a arrêté le trafiquant.
The police arrested the trafficker.
More examples
Les autorités ont démantelé un réseau lié à un trafiquant de personnes.
Authorities dismantled a network linked to a human trafficker.
Core concept
A person who turns forbidden goods or human movement into a secret profit-making trade.
Common phrases
trafiquant de personnes
human trafficker
trafiquant d'armes
arms trafficker
Similar words
dealer: Someone who earns money by selling illegal drugs or other illicit goods.
passeur: Someone paid to secretly transport people or goods.
mule: Someone paid to carry illegal goods in luggage or inside the body.
Definition in French
Personne qui commerce illégalement des biens ou des personnes, généralement pour le profit.
Word origin
The noun combines trafic, borrowed from Italian traffico, with French -ant, a suffix that forms an agent noun.
Usage tips
- The usual complement is de, as in trafiquant de drogue, trafiquant d'armes, or trafiquant d'êtres humains.