Launder

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To wash (clothes, for example).
  • intransitive verb. To wash, fold, and iron.
  • intransitive verb. To make (illegally obtained money) appear lawfully obtained or legitimate, especially by transferring it through legitimate accounts or businesses.
  • intransitive verb. To make more acceptable or presentable, sanitize.
  • intransitive verb. To undergo washing in a specified way.
  • intransitive verb. To wash or prepare laundry.
  • noun. A trough or flume used in washing ore.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who washes; a washerwoman or washerman.
  • noun. A gutter or channel for conveying water; specifically, a channel or trough, generally made of wood, in which water is carried in any desired direction.
  • To wash and iron, as clothes; do up by washing, starching, and ironing: now used especially of laundry-work on a large scale.
  • To wet; wash.
  • To cover, as a metal, with a thin wash or film.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.
  • transitive verb. To lave; to wet.
  • noun. A washerwoman.
  • noun. A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A washerwoman.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A gutter (for rainwater)
  • verb. To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.
  • verb. To lave; to wet.
  • verb. To disguise the source of ill-gotten wealth by various means.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones
  • verb. cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
  • Word Usage
    "“I’ve been fighting the phrase launder the coffee,” Lew said."
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