launder
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"This is going to launder bad intelligence and bad data," she remembers arguing publicly.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Shell companies are dangerous because they are used both by criminal organizations to evade sanctions and launder money and by the rich to avoid taxes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
The move has been accompanied by some rollbacks of post-coup curbs and prisoner amnesties, which analysts have likewise dismissed as lip-service measures to launder the leadership's reputation.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
Sanctions also targeted entities the Treasury Department says help launder the proceeds of Iranian oil through a shadow banking network.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
The whole point of the CDO was to launder a lot of subprime mortgage market risk that the firms had been unable to place straightforwardly.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control also designated three leaders and supporters of an Iran-aligned militia in Iraq, Kataib Hezbollah, as well as a business that it says moves and launders funds for the organization.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
“Today, Treasury is sanctioning Tornado Cash, a virtual currency mixer that launders the proceeds of cybercrimes, including those committed against victims in the United States,” Nelson said.
From The Verge ● Aug. 8, 2022
Bethany launders them in-house and places them in a tub in the entryway, for workers to don each day after taking their temperature and passing a screening.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 3, 2020
He launders impropriety with a functionary’s demeanor and a spin doctor’s acumen.
From Slate ● May 2, 2019
It is always supple, never creases, launders well, and comes in the most beautiful soft shades as well as in black and dark colors.
From Textiles and Clothing by Kate Heintz Watson
Operation Jackal IV - which took place between November 2025 and June 2026 - investigated how the groups laundered money and how financial fraud cyber crimes, such as cryptocurrency and email compromise fraud, were conducted.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
When you’ve done that, you can start to feel the excitement of owning a freshly laundered $100 bill.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
British anticrime officials and the financial-sector watchdogs estimated in 2024 that more than £100 billion in illicit money is laundered inside or through the U.K. every year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
The whole letter is Bezos’ grievance talking, laundered through one of his fixers.
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2026
On the landing he bumped into Ginny, who was returning to her room carrying a pile of freshly laundered clothes.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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Greg Lui, 38, of San Gabriel, California, faces charges of conspiracy to violate export control laws, outbound smuggling and conspiracy to commit money laundering, the Justice Department said Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Mexican authorities are stepping up their fight against cartel money laundering following pressure from the U.S. and other international authorities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
It highlighted breaches of "the requirements for appropriate risk management and the legal obligations relating to the prevention of money laundering".
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
“It gives a more salacious nature to what was originally just a money laundering conspiracy case,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
A federal grand jury in Washington began what turned out to be a smoke-screen investigation accusing Fischer of money laundering after his match with Spassky in 1992.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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