Dictionary Definition
launder
Verb
1 cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap,
and water; "Wash the towels, please!" [syn: wash]
2 convert illegally obtained funds into legal
ones
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
Contracted from lavender < lavandière < lavandena, from lavo.Noun
- A washerwoman.
- 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.
Synonyms
Translations
washerwoman
See washerwoman.
trough used by miners
- Finnish: ränni
Verb
Derived terms
Translations
to wash
- Crimean Tatar: yuvmaq
- Finnish: pyykätä, pestä vaatteita
- French: blanchir
- German: waschen
- Latin: lavo
- Spanish: lavar
to wet
- Latin: lavo
to disguise the source of
- Finnish: pestä
- German: waschen
Related terms
Extensive Definition
Laundering can refer to:
- Money laundering, disguising the origin of illegally gained wealth
- Clothes laundering, washing clothes
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
baptize, bath, bathe, clean, cleanse, douche, flush, flush out, gargle, holystone, irrigate, lather, lave, legalize, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, mop, mop up, rinse, rinse out, ritually
immerse, scour, scrub, scrub up, shampoo, shower, sluice, sluice out, soap, sponge, swab, syringe, toivel, tub, wash, wash out, wash
up