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
While Epstein was best known for his connections to businessmen and politicians, he cultivated a circle of top academics that helped launder his reputation until his arrest in 2019.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 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
“And launder, too, my wife. But for cooking and washing you will have help.”
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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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
But the game launders this good idea into a bad one by making many enemies invulnerable unless your character has reached a certain level.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2020
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
The water, when sufficiently purified and ready to congeal, is ladled out and run off with launders into thirty troughs.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
By contrast, gold from informal mines is often laundered into regular supply chains through smaller local refineries and subsequently exported to sites in Dubai and India where it is used to make jewelry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
One victim in Missouri reportedly lost more than $16 million, while millions of dollars in suspected scam proceeds were allegedly laundered through cryptocurrency.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
The whole letter is Bezos’ grievance talking, laundered through one of his fixers.
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2026
The US Department of Justice later launched a major probe, alleging that stolen Malaysian funds were laundered through the US financial system and used to buy luxury assets.
From Barron's ● Dec. 25, 2025
He stepped from the bath and dried off, pulled on a pair of laundered linen breeches, and was too tired even to tie the drawstring.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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Betancourt surfaced as a suspect in the U.S. case and is still under investigation for suspected money laundering by authorities in Spain, according to former U.S. and European officials and press reports.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
“When a bank of this size fails to meet its anti-money laundering and sanctions obligations, the consequences extend far beyond its own walls, exposing the entire U.S. financial system to significant illicit finance risks.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
The US Treasury Department said Tuesday that it is imposing penalties of more than $1.2 billion on Bank of America, citing "violations of anti-money laundering and sanctions laws."
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
They accuse Pulido of wildly overcharging the Venezuelan government and laundering the profits through bank accounts abroad, including in the US.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 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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