torpedoing
n.— «The first ring under probe involved accomplices in Venezuela, who stuffed duffel bags with cocaine and surreptitiously fastened them to the sea-water intakes underside docked boats destined for Canada.…The method is called “torpedoing.”» —“Cocaine ring smuggled drugs to Canada via ‘torpedo’” CBC (Canada) Dec. 8, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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