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laun·der·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. launderingnoun

    washing clothes and bed linens

Wiktionary

  1. launderingnoun

    The act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing.

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  1. laundering

    Laundering generally refers to the process of making illegally-gained proceeds (dirty money) appear legal, a process usually known as money laundering. It involves three steps: placement, layering, and integration. Placement refers to the process of introducing the illicit money into the financial system. Layering is the process of masking the origins of the money through complex transactions and bookkeeping tricks. Integration involves merging the now clean money with the mainstream economy with every trace of its illegal origin cleaned. The term can also refer to the act of washing or the process of being washed, as in laundering clothes. This is its literal sense, from which the metaphorical usage for financial crimes has been derived.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Laundering

    of Launder

  2. Launderingnoun

    the act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. 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.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of laundering in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of laundering in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of laundering in a Sentence

  1. Mossack Fonseca:

    In its movie ... (Netflix) defames and portrays the plaintiffs (Mossack and Fonseca) as ruthless uncaring lawyers who are involved in money laundering, tax evasion, bribes and/or other criminal conduct.

  2. Sigal Mandelker:

    Whether it's bitcoin, Ethereum, Libra, our message is the same to all of these companies: anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism has to be built into your design from the get-go.

  3. Jeremy Douglas:

    The challenge posed by Sam Gor is massive...they traffick drugs out using multiple borders at any one time. They are laundering money through various businesses across the Mekong.

  4. Bill Browder:

    There is clear evidence since we filed that warrants a proper investigation of Devin Nunes activities, glenn Simpson was working with a foreign principal. ... [ who was ] an agent of the Russian government, Natalia Veselnitskaya. Veselnitskaya, who was at the center of a controversial 2016 Trump Tower meeting, was charged in federal court earlier this yearwith obstruction of justice in connection witha civil money laundering and forfeiture case involving a Russian tax refund fraud scheme. Although possible dirt on Hillary Clinton was reportedly floated in advance of the infamous meeting with Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort, Veselnitskaya has publicly said Hillary Clinton used the meeting to push for repeal of the anti-corruption law. Natalia Veselnitskaya met with Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort at Trump Tower in June 2016. In Jared Kushner lawsuit, Devin Nunes said Fusion GPS -- the firm paid by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee to create the salaciously anti-TrumpSteele dossier -- coordinatedwith another group to file several fraudulent and harassing ethics complaints intended to derail his investigation. Thecomplaintin the Eastern District of Virginia, which namedSimpsonand the nonprofitCampaign for Accountability( CfA), said the.

  5. Inspector General Michael Horowitz:

    The risks associated with undercover money laundering are significant and therefore compliance with department policies and statutory requirements are critical.

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