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launder [ˈlɔ:ndər]a. [+ clothes] laverb. [+ money] blanchir* * *['lɔːndə(r)]transitive verb lit laver [clothes, linen]; fig blanchir [money, profits] -
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launder ['lɔ:ndə(r)]∎ the sheets have been freshly laundered (at home) les draps viennent d'être lavés; (at laundry) les draps reviennent de chez le blanchisseur ou le teinturier -
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(money) blanchirThe drug traffickers create links with front companies and people in the United States and Spain from where they draw money from their bank accounts and send international money transfers to the Panamanian company. With this great blow, the DAS and the DEA dismembered the largest asset-laundering organization in the world, which managed to launder more than 200 million dollars in a single year in Colombia alone.
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(a) (bill of lading) clausé(e)(b) dirty money argent m sale ou mal acquis ou de source douteuseDespite the strictest anti-money-laundering laws in the world, U.S. banks are still the involuntary custodians of up to $500 billion a year in dirty money. Even the $5 billion that drug cartels launder through the receivables departments of U.S. corporations... passes through a U.S. bank at some point. The United States, says the Brookings Institution's Raymond Baker, is "the largest repository of ill-gotten gains in the world."
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noun (a woman employed to launder.) blanchisseur/-euse
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launder — laun·der vt: to transfer (money or instruments deriving from illegal activity) so as to conceal the true nature and source launder money through an offshore account Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. launder … Law dictionary
Launder — Laun der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laundered} (l[add]n d[ e]rd or l[aum]n d[ e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laundering}.] 1. To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; as, to launder shirts. [1913 Webster] 2. To … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
launder — (v.) 1660s, to wash linen, from noun launder one who washes (especially linen), mid 15c., a contraction of lavender, from O.Fr. lavandier washer, launderer, from M.L. lavandaria a washer, ultimately from L. lavare to wash (see LAVE (Cf. lave)).… … Etymology dictionary
Launder — Laun der (l[add]n d[ e]r or l[aum]n d[ e]r), n. [Contracted fr. OE. lavender, F. lavandi[ e]re, LL. lavandena, from L. lavare to wash. See {Lave}.] 1. A washerwoman. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Mining) A trough used by miners to receive the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Launder — Launder. См. Лотковый конвейер. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) … Словарь металлургических терминов
launder — [v] wash clean, cleanse, do the laundry*, do the washing*, rinse; concept 165 … New thesaurus
launder — ► VERB 1) wash and iron (clothes or linen). 2) informal pass (illegally obtained money) through legitimate businesses or foreign banks to conceal its origins. DERIVATIVES launderer noun. ORIGIN originally denoting a person who washes linen: from… … English terms dictionary
launder — [lôn′dər] n. [ME, contr. < lavender, washerwoman < OFr lavandier < ML lavandarius < LL lavandaria, things to be washed < L lavandus, ger. of L lavare, to wash: see LAVE1] a water trough, esp. one used in mining for washing dirt… … English World dictionary
launder — To move illegally acquired cash through financial systems so that it appears to be legally acquired. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * launder laun‧der [ˈlɔːndə ǁ ˈlɒːndər] verb [transitive] LAW launder money/profits to put money which has… … Financial and business terms
launder — [[t]lɔ͟ːndə(r)[/t]] launders, laundering, laundered 1) VERB When you launder clothes, sheets, and towels, you wash and iron them. [OLD FASHIONED] [V n] How many guests who expect clean towels every day in an hotel launder their own every day at… … English dictionary
launder — launderable, adj. launderability, n. launderer, n. /lawn deuhr, lahn /, v.t. 1. to wash (clothes, linens, etc.). 2. to wash and iron (clothes). 3. Informal. a. to disguise the source of (illegal or secret funds or profits), usually by transmittal … Universalium