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  • verb Present participle of smurf.

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Examples

  • Police say the resurgence is largely the result of creative tactics such as "smurfing" - using other people to buy the ingredients - plus more mobile cooking methods that require less space and cooking time.

    Tennessean.com Top News 2010

  • And that method - known to law enforcement as "smurfing" - is one way methamphetamine cooks can still get enough precursors to produce the hazardous drug, said Don Pierce, executive director of the Washington Association of Sheriffs & Police Chiefs.

    The News Tribune - Tacoma - - HOMEPAGE 2010

  • And that method - known to law enforcement as "smurfing" - is one way methamphetamine cooks can still get enough precursors to produce the hazardous drug, said Don Pierce, executive director of the Washington Association of Sheriffs & Police Chiefs.

    The News Tribune Blogs 2010

  • And that method - known to law enforcement as "smurfing" - is one way methamphetamine cooks can still get enough precursors to produce the hazardous drug, said Don Pierce, executive director of the Washington Association of Sheriffs & Police Chiefs.

    The News Tribune Blogs 2010

  • Police say that is evidence that methamphetamine-makers who sent friends to buy pseudoephedrine to get around state and federal laws limiting how much pseudoephedrine can be legally purchased -- a practice known as "smurfing" -- are turning to other areas.

    seMissourian.com Headlines 2009

  • To determine whether someone is violating the law by "smurfing" -- or going store to store to collect more than the allowed amount -- law enforcement would have to search through all the different logbooks, Jeff Brandau, administrative special agent in charge with the KBI, told a Senate committee earlier in the session.

    Kansas.com: -- Front 2009

  • Until now, pharmacies could only keep track of sales in paper logs, an inefficient system leading to the rise of "smurfing" - the illegal practice of circumventing the law by buying pseudoephedrine from numerous pharmacies.

    The Daily Iowan - Online Edition 2009

  • To determine whether someone is violating the law by "smurfing" -- or going store to store to collect more than the allowed amount -- law enforcement would have to search through all the different logbooks, Jeff Brandau, administrative special agent in charge with the KBI, told a Senate committee earlier in the session.

    Kansas.com: -- Front 2009

  • Buying pseudoephedrine, as the offenders are accused of doing in this case, is called smurfing and it's illegal.

    The Green Bay Press-Gazette Latest Headlines 2010

  • Buying pseudoephedrine, as the offenders are accused of doing in this case, is called smurfing and it's illegal.

    The Appleton Post-Crescent Latest Headlines 2010

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