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laun·der

(lôn′dər, län′-)

v. laun·dered, laun·der·ing, laun·ders

v.tr.

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.

A trough or flume used in washing ore.

[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.]

laun′der·er n.

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launder

(ˈlɔːndə)

1. to wash, sometimes starch, and often also iron (clothes, linen, etc)

2. (Clothing & Fashion) (intr) to be capable of being laundered without shrinking, fading, etc

3. (tr) 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

(Mining & Quarrying) a water trough, esp one used for washing ore in mining

[C14 (n, meaning: a person who washes linen): changed from lavender washerwoman, from Old French lavandiere, ultimately from Latin lavāre to wash]

ˈlaunderer n

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laun•der

(ˈlɔn dər, ˈlɑn-)
v.t.

1. to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).

2. to wash and iron (clothes).

3. Informal.

a. to disguise the source of (illegal or secret funds or profits), usu. by transmittal through a foreign bank or a complex network of intermediaries.

b. to disguise the true nature of (a transaction, operation, or the like) by routing money or goods through one or more intermediaries.

4. to remove embarrassing or unpleasant characteristics or elements from in order to make more acceptable: to launder one's image before running for office.

v.i.

5. to wash laundry.

6. to undergo washing and ironing.

[1300–50; Middle English: launderer, alter. of lavandere washer of linen < Middle French lavandier(e) < Medieval Latin lavandārius, derivative of Latin lavāre to wash]

laun′der•er, n.

launder

Past participle: laundered
Gerund: laundering

Imperative
launder
launder

Present
I launder
you launder
he/she/it launders
we launder
you launder
they launder

Preterite
I laundered
you laundered
he/she/it laundered
we laundered
you laundered
they laundered

Present Continuous
I am laundering
you are laundering
he/she/it is laundering
we are laundering
you are laundering
they are laundering

Present Perfect
I have laundered
you have laundered
he/she/it has laundered
we have laundered
you have laundered
they have laundered

Past Continuous
I was laundering
you were laundering
he/she/it was laundering
we were laundering
you were laundering
they were laundering

Past Perfect
I had laundered
you had laundered
he/she/it had laundered
we had laundered
you had laundered
they had laundered

Future
I will launder
you will launder
he/she/it will launder
we will launder
you will launder
they will launder

Future Perfect
I will have laundered
you will have laundered
he/she/it will have laundered
we will have laundered
you will have laundered
they will have laundered

Future Continuous
I will be laundering
you will be laundering
he/she/it will be laundering
we will be laundering
you will be laundering
they will be laundering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been laundering
you have been laundering
he/she/it has been laundering
we have been laundering
you have been laundering
they have been laundering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been laundering
you will have been laundering
he/she/it will have been laundering
we will have been laundering
you will have been laundering
they will have been laundering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been laundering
you had been laundering
he/she/it had been laundering
we had been laundering
you had been laundering
they had been laundering

Conditional
I would launder
you would launder
he/she/it would launder
we would launder
you would launder
they would launder

Past Conditional
I would have laundered
you would have laundered
he/she/it would have laundered
we would have laundered
you would have laundered
they would have laundered

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Verb	1.	launder - cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!" wash water-wash - wash with water wash, rinse - clean with some chemical process clean, make clean - make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth" wash out - wash free from unwanted substances, such as dirt; "Wash out your dirty shirt in the sink" powerwash, pressure-wash - wash before painting to remove old paint and mildew; "pressure-wash the house" suds - wash in suds rinse, rinse off - wash off soap or remaining dirt cradle - wash in a cradle; "cradle gold" stonewash, stone-wash - wash with stones to achieve a worn appearance; "stonewash blue jeans" handwash, hand-wash - wash or launder by hand instead of with a machine; "This delicate sweater must be handwashed" machine wash, machine-wash - wash by machine; "Can these shirts be machine-washed?" acid-wash - wash with acid so as to achieve a bleached look; "acid-wash blue jeans" wash - be capable of being washed; "Does this material wash?"
	2.	launder - convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones exchange, convert, commute, change - exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"

launder

verb

1. wash, clean, dry-clean, tub, wash and iron, wash and press She wore a freshly laundered and starched white shirt.

2. process, doctor, manipulate The House voted today to crack down on banks that launder drug money.

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Translations

يَغْسِل وَيَكْوي

vyprat a vyžehlit

waschen waschen und bügeln

lavar

pestäränni

blanchir laver purifier

kimos és vasalpénzmosást végez

òvo og strauja

lavare lavare e stirare

lavo

savitarnos skalbyklaskalbėjaskalbiniaiskalbtiskalbykla

mazgāt un gludināt veļu

vaske og stryke

vyprať a vyžehliť

yıkayıp ütülemek

洗烫衣服

launder

[ˈlɔːndəʳ]

A. VT

1. (lit) → lavar y planchar

2. (fig) [+ money] → blanquear, lavar (LAm)

B. VI this fabric launders beautifully → esta tela queda muy bien después de lavarla (y plancharla)

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launder

[ˈlɔːndə^r] vt

[+ money] → blanchir
banks that launder drug money → les banques qui blanchissent l'argent de la drogue

(= wash and iron) [+ clothes, sheets] → laver et repasser
a freshly laundered shirt → une chemise fraîchement lavée et repassée

launder

vt → waschen und bügeln; (fig) money → waschen

vi → waschen und bügeln; modern fabrics launder easily → moderne Gewebe lassen sich leicht reinigen or sind pflegeleicht

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launder

[ˈlɔːndəʳ] vt → lavare e stirare (fig) (money) → riciclare

launder

(ˈloːndə) verb

to wash and iron. to launder clothes.

laund(e)rette (loːnˈdret) noun

a shop where customers may wash clothes in washing-machines.

ˈlaundress noun

a woman employed to launder.

ˈlaundry – plural laundries – noun

1. a place where clothes etc are washed, especially in return for payment. She took the sheets to the laundry; a hospital laundry.

2. clothes etc which have been, or are to be, washed. a bundle of laundry.

References in classic literature ?

Meanwhile the Scarecrow was taken apart and the painted sack that served him for a head was carefully laundered and restuffed with the brains originally given him by the great Wizard.

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He it was who had put the expression regarding being "laundered" into the mouth of his former employer.

View in context

IT has been recently reported that Shahbaz Sharif's family has been using a number of money changers based in the UK and Europe to launder illegal money.

Money laundering

In less prominent schemes, it has been seen that kleptocrats and their family members also used European banks to launder reputation and the proceeds of crime: the Dos Santos family from Angola, the Obiangs from Equatorial Guinea, Viktor Yanukovych from Ukraine and Gulnara Karimova from Uzbekistan, among a long list of others.

World's biggest money laundering market

Gwadabe said the sensitisation of BDCs and other capacity building for BDCs will create awareness on the need to check money laundering and terrorist financing in this period of electioneering; ensure that BDCs are not used to launder funds by Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs).

EFCC, ABCON Take Fight Against Money Laundering At MM2

So far, as many as 33 bank accounts have been found to be fake or benami' accounts which were employed to launder money.

FIA probe reveals Rs41bn laundered via fake accounts

This tradition allows traders and the currency big group to launder hundreds of billions of dollars every year.

Pakistan losing $10 billion a year to money laundering

Criminals use front companies, hawaladars, and currency exchanges to launder funds, particularly on the island of Zanzibar.

Tanzania

Deputies learned that 59-year-old Raymond Launder, was trimming trees with a friend, Richard Paulino, also 59.

Sweet Home tree trimmer falls 50 feet to his death

"Just as it is possible to launder illegal funds, it is also possible to rely on cooperation, either deliberate or involuntary, by banks and insurance companies," notes Iacolino, who calls for action against white collar complicity in these circuits.

EP ANTI-MAFIA COMMITTEE : TWO DAYS TO TACKLE MONEY LAUNDERING

Drug Kingpin Ayman Joumaa and his Lebanon-based drug trafficking and money laundering network, along with several other individuals, have used LCB to launder narcotics proceeds -- as much as $200 million per month -- as part of this international money laundering network.