Concealing money after shifting cocaine in deceptive operation (8)
I believe the answer is:
stashing
'concealing money' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are present participle verbs, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'shifting cocaine in deceptive operation' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'in' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'after' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stashing that I've seen before include "Stowing away" , "Storing in a secret place" , "stocking, secretly" .)