Launder
verb
To wash and iron clothes.
She spends her weekends laundering clothes for her family.
Often appears as...
- launder clothes
- launder linens
verb
To process illegally-gained money through a legal system to hide its origin.
The businessman was accused of laundering money through his overseas accounts.
Often appears as...
- launder money
- money laundering scheme
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Academic
verb
To wash and iron clothes.
She spends her weekends laundering clothes for her family.
Often appears as...
- launder clothes
- launder linens
verb
To process illegally-gained money through a legal system to hide its origin.
The businessman was accused of laundering money through his overseas accounts.
Often appears as...
- launder money
- money laundering scheme
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Domestic Context
Used to describe routine cleaning tasks in a household setting.
He launders his gym clothes every other day.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Can express refreshing or cleaning abstract things, like reputations in a non-literal sense.
The company is trying to launder its image after the scandal.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Phrases
Found in phrases like 'launder your conscience,' meaning to try to rid oneself of guilt.
He donated to charity to launder his conscience.
Pro Tip 1/3Domestic Context
Used to describe routine cleaning tasks in a household setting.
He launders his gym clothes every other day.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Can express refreshing or cleaning abstract things, like reputations in a non-literal sense.
The company is trying to launder its image after the scandal.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Phrases
Found in phrases like 'launder your conscience,' meaning to try to rid oneself of guilt.
He donated to charity to launder his conscience.
Pro Tip 1/3Domestic Context
Used to describe routine cleaning tasks in a household setting.
He launders his gym clothes every other day.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Can express refreshing or cleaning abstract things, like reputations in a non-literal sense.
The company is trying to launder its image after the scandal.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Phrases
Found in phrases like 'launder your conscience,' meaning to try to rid oneself of guilt.
He donated to charity to launder his conscience.
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Video examples
A path to security for...
we need to start respecting politicians. There's also a lot we can do to fight privilege violence in other countries. The most violent regimes tend to be fueled by drugs, and then they launder the profits through financial systems in New York and London, through real-estate transactions,
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How exposing anonymous...
including many major corruption cases. They are used by corporations evading taxes, rogue governments skirting sanctions, terrorists buying arms, and dictators financing wars. Organized crime groups launder their profits through anonymous companies.
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Kendra McSweeney: Drugs,...
And the question is why would drug traffickers want to be interested in cattle ranches? Well, these are untraceable transactions right? So, they're a wonderful way to launder drug profits, otherwise known as land laundering.
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Misha Glenny investigates...
The last two decades have been the champagne era for dirty lucre. In the 1990s, we saw financial centers around the world competing for their business, and there was simply no effective mechanism to prevent money laundering.
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Special Investigation:...
of prosecuting now with new evidence from secret life the federal Royal Thai police says it will soon begin an in-depth investigation into alleged wildlife trafficking and possible money laundering this is not just about a
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Dilip Ratha: The hidden...
And yet, these faster, cheaper, better options can't be applied internationally because of the fear of money laundering, even though there is little data to support any connection, any significant
Video examples
Exposing abuse of...
company laundering Mexican drug money three brothers two parts one dirty secret the real owners hidden the profits concealed this is a problem throughout the world anonymous companies
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How does money...
like cash-only laundromats. In fact, those laundromats are part of the reason for the name of this activity, money laundering. Money laundering came to be the term for any process
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The era of blind faith...
the more likely you're being given a longer sentence. What's going on? Data laundering. It's a process by which technologists hide ugly truths
Video examples
The Panama Papers...
Together, we can end the secrecy that is currently allowing tax evasion, corruption, money laundering to flourish.
Video examples
A path to security for...
we need to start respecting politicians. There's also a lot we can do to fight privilege violence in other countries. The most violent regimes tend to be fueled by drugs, and then they launder the profits through financial systems in New York and London, through real-estate transactions,
Video examples
How exposing anonymous...
including many major corruption cases. They are used by corporations evading taxes, rogue governments skirting sanctions, terrorists buying arms, and dictators financing wars. Organized crime groups launder their profits through anonymous companies.
Video examples
Kendra McSweeney: Drugs,...
And the question is why would drug traffickers want to be interested in cattle ranches? Well, these are untraceable transactions right? So, they're a wonderful way to launder drug profits, otherwise known as land laundering.
Video examples
Misha Glenny investigates...
The last two decades have been the champagne era for dirty lucre. In the 1990s, we saw financial centers around the world competing for their business, and there was simply no effective mechanism to prevent money laundering.
Video examples
Special Investigation:...
of prosecuting now with new evidence from secret life the federal Royal Thai police says it will soon begin an in-depth investigation into alleged wildlife trafficking and possible money laundering this is not just about a
Video examples
Dilip Ratha: The hidden...
And yet, these faster, cheaper, better options can't be applied internationally because of the fear of money laundering, even though there is little data to support any connection, any significant
Video examples
Exposing abuse of...
company laundering Mexican drug money three brothers two parts one dirty secret the real owners hidden the profits concealed this is a problem throughout the world anonymous companies
Video examples
How does money...
like cash-only laundromats. In fact, those laundromats are part of the reason for the name of this activity, money laundering. Money laundering came to be the term for any process
Video examples
The era of blind faith...
the more likely you're being given a longer sentence. What's going on? Data laundering. It's a process by which technologists hide ugly truths
Video examples
The Panama Papers...
Together, we can end the secrecy that is currently allowing tax evasion, corruption, money laundering to flourish.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Mike Quigley
American Politician
The fact that Turkey, the U.S., and Russia and other countries are really interested in Cyprus because of its strategic location... the fact that Russians launder their money there to avoid sanctions, and the fact that key U.S. and Russia players were there - all make it really important for the Russia investigation.
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Jim Flaherty
Canadian Public Servant
There are some terrorist organizations, there are some organized crime organizations, that launder money through charities and make donations to charities. That's not the purpose of charitable donations in Canada, so we're becoming increasingly strict on the subject.
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Sibel Edmonds
American Public Servant
You get to a point where it gets very complex, where you have money laundering activities, drug related activities, and terrorist support activities converging at certain points and becoming one.
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Roger Ver
Businessman
Money laundering is not a crime. It's just because certain men with guns don't like what other people are doing with their own money, so they decide it's okay to lock those people in a cage.
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James Watkins
English Director
Living in London, you feel the sense of how it has developed into a service city. People come here from around the world - both to launder their money and launder their reputations.
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Damon Dash
American Businessman
When you're a business man, you have a lot of businesses, a lot of times they think you're laundering money or you're pretending you're writing things off that you don't.
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Evo Morales
Bolivian Statesman
Secret bank accounts are for laundering dirty money. Heads of state at the UN should put an end them. That would be the best way of tracking down the drug traffickers.
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Scott Gottlieb
American Public Servant
Trying to stretch the mission of a health program like Medicaid, as a way to launder redistributionist goals, ends up serving nobody well.
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Albert II, Prince of Monaco
Monacan Royalty
I'm tired of seeing the press equate Monaco with money laundering.
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Enrique Pena Nieto
Mexican Statesman
I think money laundering is giving oxygen to organized crime.
Quote examples
Mike Quigley
American Politician
The fact that Turkey, the U.S., and Russia and other countries are really interested in Cyprus because of its strategic location... the fact that Russians launder their money there to avoid sanctions, and the fact that key U.S. and Russia players were there - all make it really important for the Russia investigation.
Quote examples
Jim Flaherty
Canadian Public Servant
There are some terrorist organizations, there are some organized crime organizations, that launder money through charities and make donations to charities. That's not the purpose of charitable donations in Canada, so we're becoming increasingly strict on the subject.
Quote examples
Sibel Edmonds
American Public Servant
You get to a point where it gets very complex, where you have money laundering activities, drug related activities, and terrorist support activities converging at certain points and becoming one.
Quote examples
Roger Ver
Businessman
Money laundering is not a crime. It's just because certain men with guns don't like what other people are doing with their own money, so they decide it's okay to lock those people in a cage.
Quote examples
James Watkins
English Director
Living in London, you feel the sense of how it has developed into a service city. People come here from around the world - both to launder their money and launder their reputations.
Quote examples
Damon Dash
American Businessman
When you're a business man, you have a lot of businesses, a lot of times they think you're laundering money or you're pretending you're writing things off that you don't.
Quote examples
Evo Morales
Bolivian Statesman
Secret bank accounts are for laundering dirty money. Heads of state at the UN should put an end them. That would be the best way of tracking down the drug traffickers.
Quote examples
Scott Gottlieb
American Public Servant
Trying to stretch the mission of a health program like Medicaid, as a way to launder redistributionist goals, ends up serving nobody well.
Quote examples
Albert II, Prince of Monaco
Monacan Royalty
I'm tired of seeing the press equate Monaco with money laundering.
Quote examples
Enrique Pena Nieto
Mexican Statesman
I think money laundering is giving oxygen to organized crime.
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