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smurf
noun- an ordinary citizen whose personal bank accounts are used to launder drug money US
The Smurfs are well-known children’s cartoon characters, adopted here to suggest the innocent appearance of a money launderer. - [B]illions of dollars are thought to be passing through the smurf community. — David Rowan, A Glossary for the 90s, p. 193, 1998
- in an Internet discussion group, a frequent poster who adds little in the way of content US
- Usually it’s something cute and fluffy, posted chiefly to remind everyone that the smurf is part of the gang. — Andy Ihnatko, Cyberspeak, p. 177, 1997
- a person who buys quantities of pseudophedrine for the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine US
- Instead of the little blue men and women from the Saturday morning cartoon, the word “Smurf” is now used to describe someone who buys pseudoephedrine and hands it over to people cooking meth. — Janalle MacDonald, Wave 3 News, 29 September 2008
- More people will be arrested in “Operation Papa Smurf,” he said — Muskogee Phoenix, 3 September 2010
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