launder

v., -dered, -der·ing, -ders.

v.tr.

1. 1. To wash (clothes, for example).
   2. To wash, fold, and iron: shirts that were neatly laundered by the hotel staff.
2. To disguise the source or nature of (illegal funds, for example) by channeling through an intermediate agent.
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.

[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.]

launderer laun'der·er n.

To make illegally acquired cash look as if it were acquired legally. The usual practice is to transfer the money through foreign banks, thereby concealing its purpose. SEC Rule 17a-8 prohibits using broker-dealers for this purpose.

(DOD) In counterdrug operations, the process of transforming drug money into a more manageable form while concealing its illicit origin. Foreign bank accounts and dummy corporations are used as shelters. See also counterdrug operations.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - vaske, rulle og stryge, renvaske, hvidvaske
v. intr. - vaske, stryge
n. - vaskekone, vaskemand

Nederlands (Dutch)
wassen en strijken, witwassen van illegaal geld, stroomgoot, wastrog

Français (French)
v. tr. - laver, blanchir
v. intr. - se laver
n. - détergent

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rinne
v. - waschen und bügeln, waschen (Geld)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αυλάκι
v. - πλένω (και σιδερώνω), ξεπλένω (παράνομα κέρδη)

Italiano (Italian)
lavandaio, dotto per liquidi, fare il bucato

Português (Portuguese)
v. - lavar e passar (roupa)

Русский (Russian)
стирать, отмывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - lavar y planchar, lavar/blanquear dinero
v. intr. - resistir el lavado
n. - reguera de la colada

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ränna
v. - tvätta (och stryka), tvätta svarta pengar, gå och tvätta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
洗涤, 洗钱, 洗熨, 淡化, 耐洗, 流槽

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 洗滌, 洗錢, 洗熨, 淡化
v. intr. - 洗滌, 耐洗, 洗熨
n. - 流槽

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 빨래하다, 깨끗이 하다, 위장하다
v. intr. - 세탁하다, 세탁이 잘되다
n. - 홈통, 세탁소

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 洗濯する
n. - 樋

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المصول المائي يفصل المعادن الثمينه عن الأتربه المعدنيه, الغسل والكوي للملابس (فعل) يغسل ويكوي الملابس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮כיבס (וגיהץ), הלבין (כסף)‬
v. intr. - ‮התכבס‬
n. - ‮תעלה להעברת נוזלים‬

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