Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing.
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- verb Present participle of
launder . - noun The act, or
occupation , of one wholaunders ; washing and ironing.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun washing clothes and bed linens
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Examples
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As to those speculating that some of this reflects the justice department stretching to get at a political enemy (something that I wouldn't put past this administration), money laundering is something that all brokers and bankers have been taught about ... we have refresher courses and this was one of the most basic cases that we are required to report ...
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I guess she wasn't willing to play ball with the AF in laundering their drug money.
California Crossings 2008
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How much money laundering is too much, if Macau wants to be internationally respectable?
Macau’s Big Gamble 2007
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How much money laundering is too much, if Macau wants to be internationally respectable?
Macau’s Big Gamble 2007
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How much money laundering is too much, if Macau wants to be internationally respectable?
Macau’s Big Gamble 2007
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How much money laundering is too much, if Macau wants to be internationally respectable?
Macau’s Big Gamble 2007
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The Banks and other areas are involved in laundering money.
Think Progress » Secret Service Officers Remove CNN Producer from Hu Photo-Op For Asking Question 2006
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Most humans do not have to bother about how they launder clothes except for following washing instructions on the label; but for those who have even the slightest compromise in their immune system, meticulous clothes laundering is essential.
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Most of us today do tend to over-launder simply because laundering is so easy; children find it much easier to deposit a barely worn garment in a laundry hamper than to hang it nicely for airing or fold it neatly for the shelf.
Boing Boing: September 25, 2005 - October 1, 2005 Archives 2005
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Money laundering is the process that disguises illegal profits without compromising the criminals who wish to benefit from the proceeds.
How to launder money 2005
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But the risk of disease is a growing concern among scientists who work with monkeys, especially as news reports suggest that some laboratory monkeys are being illegally poached from the wild, falsely labelled as captive-bred and sold as research animals, a practice known as monkey laundering.
How wild monkeys ‘laundered’ for science could undermine research Gemma Conroy 2023
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