pitufeo

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Spanish

Etymology

From pitufo (smurf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pituˈfeo/
  • Rhymes: -eo
  • Syllabification: pi‧tu‧fe‧o

Noun

pitufeo m (plural pitufeos)

  1. (finance) smurfing (the practice of making financial transactions in a specific pattern to avoid scrutiny)
    • 2017 September 8, “La Guardia Civil acusa a tres cargos del PP de ser el nexo entre la trama Púnica y el ‘caso Taula’”, in El País:
      En concreto, la existencia de una práctica de pagos irregulares al grupo municipal que generaban dinero negro y que luego fue supuestamente lavado mediante el llamado procedimiento del pitufeo, por el que concejales y otros miembros del grupo Popular del consistorio ingresaron 1.
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