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- Dictionarylaundered/ˈlɔːndəd/
adjective
- 1. (of clothes or linen) washed and ironed: "laundered sheets"
- 2. (of money) obtained illegally and processed secretly, typically by transfers involving foreign banks or legitimate businesses: informal "the property was bought with laundered money"
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to move money that has been obtained illegally through banks and other businesses to make it seem to have been obtained legally: Officials were accused of laundering the stolen funds overseas before returning them to the US. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
to move money that has been obtained illegally through banks and other businesses to make it seem to have been obtained legally: Officials were accused of laundering the stolen funds overseas before returning them to the US. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
1. : to wash (something, such as clothing) in water. 2. : to make ready for use by washing and ironing. a freshly laundered shirt. 3. : to transfer (illegally obtained money or investments) through an outside party to conceal the true source. 4. : sanitize sense 2. laundered language. intransitive verb.
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 remove embarrassing or unpleasant characteristics or elements from in order to make more acceptable: He'll have to launder his image if he wants to run for office. verb (used without object) to wash laundry. to undergo washing and ironing: The shirt didn't launder well. noun.
4 meanings: 1. to wash, sometimes starch, and often also iron (clothes, linen, etc) 2. to be capable of being laundered without.... Click for more definitions.
Launder definition: To make (illegally obtained money) appear lawfully obtained or legitimate, especially by transferring it through legitimate accounts or businesses.
To launder is to wash your clothes or other things made from cloth, like sheets and towels. A college student might try to wait to launder her clothes until she goes home for Thanksgiving. When you launder, you wash a load of laundry, or dirty clothes.
Jun 2, 2024 · launder (third-person singular simple present launders, present participle laundering, simple past and past participle laundered) To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron. To lave; to wet.
Definition of launder verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
