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launder

[lawn-der, lahn-] / ˈlɔn dər, ˈlɑn- /


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"This is going to launder bad intelligence and bad data," she remembers arguing publicly.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The Treasury Department also sanctioned the manager of Bank Melli’s Dubai branch and sanctioned a Hong Kong-based front company that it said had helped launder funds for a sanctioned Iranian exchange house.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 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

North Korea’s Lazarus Group External link, among the most sophisticated crypto-enabled criminal organizations in the world, relied heavily on the DeFi mixer Tornado Cash to launder funds.

From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 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

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

Excellent crystals, usually of a brownish colour arranged in groups, are often found in the brine-chambers and the launders used in salt-works.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

The FBI added that it had observed "TraderTraitor actors" converting stolen assets into Ethereum, and expected those assets to be laundered further by converting them using decentralized finance and instant swap services.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

"I think this is a shocking story of somebody who deliberately acted fraudulently and laundered money and he should be punished," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 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

Shehu laundered money through property—including the peninsula in Zvernec—that was stolen using techniques such as forged Ottoman-era land records, prosecutors said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

The next morning, Antain donned his freshly laundered robe and headed into the Council Hall well before dawn.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

Nuño, 53, has been charged with three counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering, according to the Department of Justice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

The court also opened another investigation into him this month over alleged money laundering related to his ties to a lawyer involved in Brazil’s online betting industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

After leaving office he was swept up in a 2014 anti-corruption probe, convicted of corruption and money laundering and in 2018 was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026

Ravatomanga, currently being held in Mauritius, faces accusations of money laundering and influence peddling in the case.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

So while Osage boys at other institutions learned farming and carpentry, Mollie was trained in the “domestic arts”: sewing, baking, laundering, and housekeeping.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann


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