smurfing

smurfing
 n.— «Sometimes meth cooks can get around these regulations by what McClintock referred to as “smurfing,” stopping from one store to another to pick up one or two packages until they have enough to work with.» —“Two men arraigned in Indy after allegedly selling cold pills” by Jamie Fetty Tribune-Star (Terre Haute, Ind.) July 29, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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