smurfing
n.— «Missourians had been caught in Illinois on several occasions “smurfing”—that is, buying anhydrous ammonia, iodine crystals, ether and other ingredients from various sources, far from their labs, to avoid raising suspicion.» —“Illinois Finds Record Number Of Labs In ‘97” by Kevin McDermott in Springfield, Ill. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Mo.) Jan. 7, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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