launder Synonyms
launder Meaning
launder (v)
cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones
launder (n.)
A washerwoman.
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.
launder (v. i.)
To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; as, to launder shirts.
To lave; to wet.
FAQs About the word launder
cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water, convert illegally obtained funds into legal onesA washerwoman., A trough used by miners to receive the p
shorten,censor, purify, bowdlerize, expurgate, review, examine, clean (up),edit, purge
authorize,approve, approve, authorize,sanction, sanction,
The launderette was a convenient place to wash and dry clothes.
The laundered money was used to purchase luxury items.
The dirty sheets were sent to the launderers for cleaning.
The laundered banknotes were used to bribe government officials.
