smurfs

Noun

smurf (plural smurfs or (rare) smurves)

1. A blue pixie with a white stocking cap, from the media franchise The Smurfs.
   • He occasionally used the proper noun of the restaurant as an adverb, the way a Smurf would.2021 December 8, Geraldine DeRuiter, “Bros., Lecce: We Eat at The Worst Michelin Starred Restaurant, Ever”, in The Everywhereist
2. (Internet) A smurf account or its user.
3. (computer security) A smurf attack.
4. (slang) One member of a team, each of whom acquires a small amount of money or ingredients for manufacturing drugs, keeping the transactions too small in order to not raise suspicion.
   • Each smurf goes to different banks and purchases cashier's checks in denominations of less than $ 10,000, thus bypassing the reporting requirement.1998, Michael D. Lyman, Gary W. Potter, Drugs in Society: Causes, Concepts, and Control, page 202

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