0 past simple and past participle of launder
2 to move money that has been obtained illegally through banks and other businesses to make it seem to have been obtained legally:
It is then returned on the final day of treatment to be laundered by the hospital.
It is important to treat all close contacts and household members at the same time, even if symptomfree, in order to avoid re-infection: clothing and bedding should also be laundered.
For instance, there is the question of the opaqueness of curtains and the capacity of bedding to be laundered while still retaining fire-resistant qualities.
I describe it as laundered money, because it seems nonsense to pretend that taxpayers' money is largesse; it is not.
It is in these centres that the proceeds of crime are laundered and legitimate funds become criminalised.
It is for the boards to satisfy themselves that the material is suitable to be cleaned or laundered to prevent the risk of any infection.
That was because when his wife laundered his trousers after he had been working on ships there was asbestos dust in the turnups.
The rules relate to simple things like wearing the proper hair protector, a properly laundered coat or properly cleaned boots.
