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smurfing
smurf S5545950 (smûrf)v. smurfed, smurf·ing, smurfs v.tr. To disable (a computer network) with a smurf attack.v.intr.1. To engage in a smurf attack.2. Slang To buy as much pseudoephedrine as is legally permitted in each of numerous stores over a wide area in order to obtain enough to produce methamphetamine.
[Sense 1, after the smurf exploit program used to make smurf attacks in the late 1990s. Both senses ultimately after the Smurfs, a race of very small blue gnomelike creatures in comic strips by Belgian comic strip artist Pierre Culliford, later featured in a popular television series.]
smurf′er n.smurfing (ˈsmɜːfɪŋ) n1. (Communications & Information) computing the activity of using a specially designed computer program to attack a computer network by flooding it with messages, thereby rendering it inoperable2. (Computer Science) computing the activity of using a specially designed computer program to attack a computer network by flooding it with messages, thereby rendering it inoperable3. (Banking & Finance) the activity of laundering money by conducting a large number of small transactions through banks and bureaux de change[C20: (sense 1) from smurf, the name of the type of computer program used to carry out such attacks]smurfing
smurf1. noun, slang A money launderer. When I worked as a smurf for a drug cartel a few years ago, I used to spend all my time traveling across the country to make deposits small enough not to get the feds' attention.2. noun, slang In competitive online video games, an experienced player who poses as an inexperienced one in order to gain an advantage over other players. This guy's profile says he's only level 4, but he's been getting more kills than all of us combined. I have a feeling we've got a smurf in the game.3. noun, slang Someone who visits various stores and pharmacies to buy enough pseudoephedrine to synthesize methamphetamine, especially on behalf of someone else. The meth cook hires a bunch of different people to act as his smurfs, all of them rotating around the stores in the city so as not to arouse any suspicions.4. verb, slang To launder money. A: "My boss has me take the money and deposit it into ATMs around the city. He says it's to reduce the fees we pay." B: "You've been smurfing for your boss? That's money laundering, dude!"5. verb, slang In competitive online video games, for an experienced player to pretend to be an inexperienced player in order to gain an advantage over other players. Turns out that the dude banned for smurfing had 10 different accounts he'd been using to harass noobs.6. verb, slang To visit various stores or pharmacies in an area to buy enough pseudoephedrine to synthesize methamphetamine, especially on behalf of someone else. The suspect was caught smurfing in a CVS on Tuesday. He had nearly 200 boxes of cough medicine in his trunk, which he told police were for a friend of his.smurfing1. slang Money laundering. A: "My boss has me take the money and deposit it into ATMs around the city. He says it's to reduce the fees we pay." B: "That's called smurfing, and it's totally illegal. You're money laundering, dude!"2. slang The practice of visiting various stores or pharmacies in an area to buy enough pseudoephedrine to synthesize methamphetamine, especially on behalf of someone else. The suspect was arrested for smurfing on Tuesday. He had nearly 200 boxes of cough medicine in his trunk, which he told police were for a friend of his.3. slang Of an experienced, skilled player in competitive online video games, the act of creating one or more fake accounts or profiles in order to pose as a weak or inexperienced player and thus gain an advantage over other players. Turns out that the dude banned for smurfing had 10 different accounts he'd been using to harass noobs.See also: smurfEncyclopediaSeesmurf attackSmurfing
SmurfingThe act of breaking down a transaction into smaller transactions to avoid regulatory requirements or an investigation by the authorities. For example, suppose a jurisdiction requires shareholders to register with regulators if they purchase more than 5% of a company's stock. A shareholder may smurf by having dummy shareholders purchase smaller quantities of stock so that he controls more than the statutory percentage but does not have to register. Smurfing is a crime in many jurisdictions. |