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launder

[lawn-der, lahn-] / ˈlɔn dər, ˈlɑn- /


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More than half of the funds stolen during the Binance hack can’t be frozen, giving North Korea’s cybercriminals time to launder them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

They also allege that Pulido worked with Alex Saab to launder $350m from a separate bribery scheme involving Venezuela's currency exchange system using bank accounts in Florida.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 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

“You’re going to need to launder them blankets,” she says, pointing to my arm.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

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

Many of the hospitals furnish all the clothes needed for the baby while in the hospital; in such instances, the hospital also launders them.

From The Mother and Her Child by William S. Sadler

"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 whole letter is Bezos’ grievance talking, laundered through one of his fixers.

From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2026

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

Alejandro Betancourt, a businessman under investigation for alleged money laundering in Spain and Switzerland, runs the firm.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

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 laundering patterns, with thousands of transactions happening in a short period, suggest the attackers may be using automation to obscure the funds’ origins, according to Chainalysis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

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

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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