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launder
UK /ˈlɔːndə/ US /ˈlɔndɚ/
noun 4verb 4
Collocations
4ADJ.
criminal, possible
VERB + LAUNDER
attempted, help
LAUNDER + NOUN
language, money, towels
PREP.
in
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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Synonyms
verb — cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
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Idioms & Phrases
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Oft did she heave her napkin to her eyne, / Which on it had conceited characters, / Laundering the silken figures in the brine
Wiktionary02
The criminal attempted to launder money.
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It is possible to launder language to make it more appealing and uplifting.
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It's seems that it's very easy for corrupt Algerian officials to launder their money in France.
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You should launder those towels.
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Cryptocurrency is how the most powerful people in the world convince rubes to help them launder money.
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