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.
Synonyms & Antonyms of launder
Synonyms:
- suppress
- screen
- x (out)
- gut
- expunge
- condemn
- excise
- red-pencil
- scrutinize
- cut (out)
- silence
- denounce
- repress
- blue-pencil
- abbreviate
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
launder Sentence Examples
- 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.
- The laundered money was invested in legitimate businesses.
- The laundered money was used to finance terrorist activities.
- The laundered money was used to purchase real estate.
- The laundered money was used to buy expensive cars.
- The laundered money was used to make political donations.
- The laundered money was used to pay for medical expenses.
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, cleanse, purge, review, clean (up), delete,edit, examine, bowdlerize
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.
