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   Traf·fic

   /ˈtrafik/

   

   noun

   • 1. vehicles moving on a road or public highway: "a stream of heavy traffic" Similar vehiclescarstruckslorries
   • ▪ the movement of other forms of transportation or of pedestrians: "managing the air traffic was a mammoth task"
   • ▪ the transportation of goods or passengers: "the increased use of railroads for goods traffic" Similar transporttransportationmovement of goods/peoplefreightshippingconveyancing
   • 2. the messages or signals transmitted through a communications system: "data traffic between remote workstations"
   • 3. the action of dealing or trading in something illegal: "the traffic in stolen cattle" Similar tradetradingtraffickingdealingcommercebusinesspeddlingbuying and sellingsmugglingbootleggingmarketblack marketdealingstransactionsnegotiationsproceedings
   • 4. dealings or communication between people. archaic

   verb

   • 1. deal or trade in something illegal: "we must vigorously enforce our laws against those who traffic in drugs"

   Word Origin early 16th century (denoting commercial transportation of merchandise or passengers): from French traffique, Spanish tráfico, or Italian traffico, of unknown origin. Sense 1 dates from the early 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. trafficless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 15

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   • News about Federal Aviation Administration, air traffic controllers, strike
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       French air traffic controllers cancel strike, but Paris airport delays remain pervasive

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       FAA lawsuit claims agency discriminated against air traffic controller applicants on the basis of race

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       KDVR Denver via Yahoo News

       Traffic alert: Expect backups on Peña Boulevard for the next 2 weeks

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       New York Post

       Biden snarls traffic in Westchester for fundraiser at $4.5 million home of Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones

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       Traffic relief in sight for drivers heading to Fort Lauderdale Beach

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       Kansas City Star via AOL

       Cyber attack forces KC Scout’s website, traffic cameras, message boards to shut down

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       Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News

       Traffic deaths disproportionately affect Milwaukee County and its Black and Brown residents, report shows

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       San Francisco Chronicle

       Man was shot 13 times in Chicago traffic stop where officers fired nearly 100 rounds, autopsy shows

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     • The Columbian

       Vancouver man to serve more than 17 years for role in gun-trafficking scheme

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       FOX 26 Houston

       Traffic stop leads to drug test tampering charge! #HarrisCounty #FakedUrine

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3. www.jsonline.com › story › newsTraffic deaths disproportionately affecting Milwaukee County

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   3 hours ago · Traffic deaths are mostly an urban problem in comparison to rural communities. From 2012 to 2022, traffic deaths in the city of Milwaukee increased by 107.1%. In the state's next 19 largest cities ...

4. www.syracuse.com › news › 2024Traffic Alert: I-81 closes again as President Biden leaves ...

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   1 day ago · Traffic alert: Part of I-81 closes as President Biden arrives in Syracuse Live updates from Biden’s return to Syracuse: ‘This is a big-deal day,’ the president says

5. sf.streetsblog.org › 2024/04/25 › commentary-thereCommentary: There is Zero Ambiguity to the West Portal ...

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   4 hours ago · But every time the city tried to divert traffic so it doesn't interfere with train movements and endanger riders, a small minority of merchants screamed and protested and the city backed off. As recently as 2019, merchants and a weak-willed then-Supervisor Norman Yee cut a modest pilot project to restrict traffic before it really started.

6. www.wgal.com › article › mifflin-county-scheduledMifflin County scheduled maintenance work for the week of ...

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   4 hours ago · Mifflin County will have work scheduled for the week of April 29 by The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to perform their year-round maintenance. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 ...

7. www.wtkr.com › news › in-the-communityPort of Virginia still expects traffic after Baltimore port ...

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   1 day ago · Even with Baltimore's port partially reopened, Virginia will still see additional traffic. Our port is expected to get 18,000 to 20,000 containers of cargo from Baltimore this month. That impacts ...

8. www.kiiitv.com › article › trafficInterstate 37, U.S. 77 construction project causes several ...

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   4 hours ago · Updated: 6:35 PM CDT April 25, 2024. SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, Texas — Since the Nueces River Bridge Construction Project began on Interstate 37 and U.S. Highway 77, multiple crashes have occurred in ...

9. www.fox43.com › article › trafficCrash on Interstate 83 northbound closes all lanes | fox43.com

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   7 hours ago · CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — Traffic is stalled along Interstate 83 northbound following a reported crash. According to Fritzi Schreffler with PennDOT, the incident happened just before 4 p.m. near ...