launderverb [ T ]
uk/ˈlɔːn.dər/us/ˈlɑːn.dɚ/launder verb [ T ] (CLOTHES)
to wash, dry, and iron clothes, sheets, etc.:
freshly laundered sheets
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Cleaning clothes
- cleaner
- clothes brush
- clothes horse
- clothes peg
- clothesline
- conditioner
- dryer
- iron
- iron box
- ironing
- ironing board
- launderette
- laundry
- tumble dryer
- valet service
- wash
- washer
- washer-dryer
- washing
- white
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launder verb [ T ] (MONEY)
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.
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Fraud & corruption
- baksheesh
- blackmail
- buy sb off
- cook
- cook the books idiom
- corrupt
- corruption
- fraudulent accounting
- front for sth
- game-fixing
- get at sb
- graft
- impersonate
- imposture
- Ponzi scheme
- rort
- shell
- siphon sth off
- suborn
- swindle
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