unmarked small bills
Kidnapper's payment preference
Unmarked small bills are cash in low denominations—ones, fives, tens, twenties—without serial numbers recorded or tracking devices inserted.
The phrase appears almost exclusively in crime contexts: ransom demands, drug deals, robbery proceeds.
The kidnapper demanded $500,000 in unmarked small bills.
Small denominations are harder to trace and easier to spend inconspicuously than hundreds.
- denominationNamed religious group
- untraceableImpossible to follow back
- currencyMedium of exchange
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- cashReady spending funds
cold hard cash · legal tender · banknotes · money · laundering · hidden assets · finance · paper money · underground economy · black market · ransom · ransom note · privacy · funds · bribe · dead drop · brown paper bag · payment
unmarked small billscertified check
Bank-verified payment instrument
bank transfer · wire transfer · cashier's check · check · money order
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