Advertisement
Advertisement
launder
[ lawn-der, lahn- ]
verb (used with object)
- to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).
- to wash and iron (clothes).
- Informal.
- to disguise the source of (illegal or secret funds or profits), usually by transmittal through a foreign bank or a complex network of intermediaries.
- to disguise the true nature of (a transaction, operation, or the like) by routing money or goods through one or more intermediaries.
- to remove embarrassing or unpleasant characteristics or elements from in order to make more acceptable:
He'll have to launder his image if he wants to run for office.
verb (used without object)
- to wash laundry.
- to undergo washing and ironing:
The shirt didn't launder well.
noun
- (in ore dressing) a passage carrying products of intermediate grade and residue in water suspension.
- Metallurgy. a channel for conveying molten steel to a ladle.
launder
/ ˈɔːԻə /
verb
- to wash, sometimes starch, and often also iron (clothes, linen, etc)
- intr to be capable of being laundered without shrinking, fading, etc
- tr to process (something acquired illegally) to make it appear respectable, esp to process illegally acquired funds through a legitimate business or to send them to a foreign bank for subsequent transfer to a home bank
noun
- a water trough, esp one used for washing ore in mining
Derived Forms
- ˈܲԻ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ܲd·· adjective
- ܲd··i·ٲ noun
- ܲd· noun
- ·ܲd verb (used with object)
- ܲ·ܲd adjective
- ɱ-ܲd adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of launder1
Word History and Origins
Origin of launder1
Example Sentences
India's opposition Congress party has said it will organise nationwide protests on Wednesday after the country's financial crimes agency charged senior leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi and others with money laundering.
Each day she would be handed two freshly laundered towels.
It said these would meet UK financial regulations, including anti-money laundering and tax compliance.
To flush the toilet, launder clothing, wash dishes or bathe, residents were forces to haul water by hand from wells.
The officers are here with a warrant to search the premises because of suspected money laundering.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse