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Launder

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Verb

1. launder, wash

cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water

Example Sentences:
'Wash the towels, please!'

2. launder

convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Launder

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verb
1. 
to wash, sometimes starch, and often also iron (clothes, linen, etc)
2. (intransitive)
to be capable of being laundered without shrinking, fading, etc
3. (transitive)
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
4. 
a water trough, esp one used for washing ore in mining

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Launder

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noun
1. 
a water trough, esp. one used in mining for washing dirt from the ore
verb transitive
2. 
to wash, or wash and iron (clothes, etc.)
3. 
to exchange or invest (money) in such a way as to conceal that it came from an illegal or improper source
4. 
to make (something improper or offensive) seem less so
verb intransitive
5. 
to withstand washing
a fabric that launders well
6. 
to do laundry

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Launder

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v. laun·dered, laun·der·ing, laun·ders
v.tr.
1.
a. To wash (clothes, for example).
b. To wash, fold, and iron: shirts that were neatly laundered by the hotel staff.
2. To make (illegally obtained money) appear lawfully obtained or legitimate, especially by transferring it through legitimate accounts or businesses.
3. To make more acceptable or presentable, sanitize: "The transcripts are, of course, laundered ... unidentified larger chunks of conversation are reported missing throughout" (Eliot Fremont-Smith).
v.intr.
1. To undergo washing in a specified way: This material launders well.
2. To wash or prepare laundry.
n.
A trough or flume used in washing ore.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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