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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.

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(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.

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1: To change (illegally) in order to render acceptable or legitimate. (a.1961 —) .
New York Times Unscrupulous dealers...'launder' the mileage of cars (1976).

2: To transfer (funds), esp. to a foreign bank account, in order to conceal a dubious or illegal origin. (1973 —) .
Globe & Mail (Toronto): Kerr concedes U.S. criminals 'launder' money in Ontario (1974).

[From earlier sense, to wash linen; the use in sense 2 arose from the Watergate inquiry in the United States in (1973 — 4).]

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• Fraud, Treachery, and Deception - launder: (vb) Informal. disguise source of (illicit funds) so that they appear legitimate

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See words rhyming with "launderer."

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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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