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launder

/ˈlɔːndə/

/ˈlɔːndər/

launderverb

laundered

Past Simple

laundered

Past Participle

laundering

Gerund

/ˈlɔːndə/

/ˈlɔːndər/

Translations

He was arrested for laundering money.

Его арестовали за отмывание денег.

She launders her clothes every weekend.

Она стирает свою одежду каждые выходные.

Definitions

To wash and iron clothes or linens.

She spent the afternoon laundering the family's clothes.

To conceal the origins of money obtained illegally, typically by transfers involving foreign banks or legitimate businesses.

The criminal organization laundered money through a series of shell companies.

Synonyms

laundernoun

launders

/ˈlɔːn.də/

/ˈlɔn.dɚ/

Technical/archaic: a trough or chute for conveying water or ore in mining or sluicing.

Definitions

A trough, chute, or channel used to convey water or washed ore in mining operations.

The miners guided the slurry down a wooden launder to separate the heavier particles.