launder
verb /ˈlɔːndə(r)/
/ˈlɔːndər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they launder | /ˈlɔːndə(r)/ /ˈlɔːndər/ |
| he / she / it launders | /ˈlɔːndəz/ /ˈlɔːndərz/ |
| past simple laundered | /ˈlɔːndəd/ /ˈlɔːndərd/ |
| past participle laundered | /ˈlɔːndəd/ /ˈlɔːndərd/ |
| -ing form laundering | /ˈlɔːndərɪŋ/ /ˈlɔːndərɪŋ/ |
- launder something (formal) to wash, dry and iron clothes, etc.
- freshly laundered sheets
- launder something to move money that has been obtained illegally into foreign bank accounts or legal businesses so that it is difficult for people to know where the money came from
- Most of the drugs money was laundered through Swiss bank accounts.
Word OriginMiddle English (as a noun denoting a person who washes linen): contraction of lavender, from Old French lavandier, based on Latin lavanda ‘things to be washed’, from lavare ‘to wash’.