launder

UK /ˈlɔːndə/ US /ˈlɔndɚ/
noun 4verb 4

Definitions

noun

1

A washerwoman or washerman.

2

A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore.

3

A trough or channel carrying water to the wheel of a watermill.

4

A gutter (for rainwater).

verb

1

To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.

2

To lave; to wet.

Oft did she heave her napkin to her eyne, / Which on it had conceited characters, / Laundering the silken figures in the brine

3

To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means.

4

To obtain a pointer to an object created in storage occupied by an existing object of the same type, even if it has const or reference members.

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