laundering

laundering
launder laun‧der [ˈlɔːndə ǁ ˈlɒːndər] verb [transitive] LAW
launder money/​profits to put money which has been obtained illegally into legal businesses and bank accounts in order to hide where it was obtained:

• The bank had allegedly laundered money for drug dealers and other criminals.

— laundering noun [uncountable] :

• He was sentenced to three years in prison for money laundering.

• the laundering of drug profits through Panamanian banks and front companies

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   The covert action of passing money through secret channels or via a chain of financial transactions, to evade detection - often using offshore facilities. Laundering is often used to avoid sanctions or to mask an illegal source of funds, such as drugs and gambling.

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launder UK US /ˈlɔːndər/ verb [T] LAW, FINANCE
► to move money which has been earned illegally through banks and other businesses to make it seem to have been earned legally: launder funds/money/proceeds »

Officials were accused of laundering the stolen funds overseas before returning them to the US.

laundering noun [U]
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The measure would have banned cash transfers to prevent the laundering of money.

launderer noun [C]
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The sophistication of today's money launderers is such that only a small percentage ever get caught.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • laundering — noun Laundering is used after these nouns: ↑money …   Collocations dictionary

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  • laundering — 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 …   Military dictionary

  • laundering — noun The act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing …   Wiktionary

  • laundering — n. washing of clothes; pass illegal funds through an intermediary in order to disguise the source and make them appear legitimate laun·der || lÉ”ndÉ™(r) / lɔː v. do laundry; wash and iron; be washed; pass through an intermediary in order to… …   English contemporary dictionary

  • laundering — noun washing clothes and bed linens (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑wash, ↑washing, ↑lavation …   Useful english dictionary

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