launder

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  1. transitive verb To wash (clothes, for example).
  2. transitive verb To wash, fold, and iron: shirts that were neatly laundered by the hotel staff.
  3. transitive verb To disguise the source or nature of (illegal funds, for example) by channeling through an intermediate agent.
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  • The profiteers even have the potential, as one of the rebellious scientists put it, "to launder the data" that EPA relies on to authorize the use of the seeds.
  • Probably a nice combo trick - launder the dirty money and prepare a place for the disappeared. —  DaddyBlogger.com
  • "They are basically trying to launder the money to avoid complying with the plain language of the law," said David Zaring, a former Justice Department attorney who defended the government from lawsuits involving related legal issues. —  ModerateVoters.org
  • This bill was cracking down on a loophole to stop money laundering, but mysteriously left out "checks" as a means to launder money. —  Bay Area Houston
  • The Gulf Cartel is believed to launder millions in criminal proceeds and traffic cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and marijuana in the United States. —  WORLDMag.com
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  1. From Middle English launder, lavender, launderer, from Old French lavandier, from Vulgar Latin *lavandārius, from Latin lavandāria, things to be washed, from lavanda, neuter pl. gerundive of lavāre, to wash; see leu(ə)- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English launder, laundere, lander, a contr. of lavander, a washerwoman: see lavender.
  2. Formerly also lander; from launder, n.; but partly also from laundry.
 

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