Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as launder, 1.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who follows the business of laundering.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who follows the business of laundering.

Etymologies

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launder +‎ -er

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Examples

  • As for the allegation about dining with a Russian money launderer, the attorney denied the claim and said that just because Prince Albert "has Russian friends doesn't mean that he is close to the mafia."

    Monaco Prince, Blogger Trade Charges John R. Emshwiller 2011

  • In the spring, Mr. Dujardin teams up with French actress Cécile de France to star in "Mobius," a spy drama about a powerful money launderer, directed by Eric Rochant.

    Golden Silence on the Silver Screen Lanie Goodman 2011

  • Thompson acknowledged the recording, but said any suggestion his client was involved with a known dealer or money launderer was a lie.

    Strauss-Kahn leaves NYC house, returns hours later 2011

  • Lawyers defending the hedge fund manager in the biggest US insider-dealing trial in decades have laid into the US government's star witness, branding him a money launderer and tax dodger who cut a plea deal to avoid criminal charges.

    Insider dealing witness 'made plea bargain', say defence lawyers 2011

  • Augusto Pinochet was a dictator, murderer, torturer and money launderer.

    Pinochet's legacy Peter Preston 2010

  • I didn't know how I'd been selected (an FBI friend later told me it was because the bureau had found one of my books on the desk of an alleged money launderer).

    Heroes for a Day 2010

  • Mr. Lane gets involved with a host of other characters: Henry Hill, the real-life "Goodfellas" turncoat booted from the federal witness-protection program; Jacob the Jeweler, the money launderer for Detroit's Black Mafia drug gang; a thieving Caribbean prime minister; and Peter Max.

    Published and Perished 2010

  • Then I thought of our father the drug launderer, years before, looking down in the same way I studied Jenla's bent head, now -- his pronouncing a special name not for his daughters, but for the child who captured his imagination: La Bella Jennifer, with her golden hair that glowed so intensely it seemed like the sun shining in his world alone, and not any other.

    Ann Beattie's 'The Rock': Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature 2010

  • Miller told HuffPost on Tuesday that she does not fit the profile of an underground lobbyist (or "influence launderer," as some call them).

    No Less Lobbying, But Less Disclosure In Obama's First Year 2010

  • Then I thought of our father the drug launderer, years before, looking down in the same way I studied Jenla's bent head, now -- his pronouncing a special name not for his daughters, but for the child who captured his imagination: La Bella Jennifer, with her golden hair that glowed so intensely it seemed like the sun shining in his world alone, and not any other.

    Ann Beattie's 'The Rock': Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature 2010

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