1 to move money that has been obtained illegally through banks and other businesses to make it seem to have been obtained legally: --
2 to clean clothes or other cloth items by washing them: --
[ T ] The sweater should be laundered by hand or dry-cleaned.
3 to move money, which has been obtained illegally, through banks and other businesses to make it seem to have been obtained legally --
4 to move money which has been earned illegally through banks and other businesses to make it seem to have been earned legally: --
However, it is difficult to argue that we should suspend humanitarian or development aid on the ground that that country is selling or laundering arms.
They process the laundered money and invest it in legitimate businesses, where it grows and inevitably forms a significant part of national economies.
The wool cannot be detected until the garment is laundered and then it is too late.
The rules relate to simple things like wearing the proper hair protector, a properly laundered coat or properly cleaned boots.
They knew which people were laundering money.
Illegal sales of narcotics and other criminal activities, such as arms smuggling, are generating billions of euros annually, most of it in cash which has to be laundered.
The presidency has made the whole question of combating this trade in drugs and allied activities like money laundering a top priority.
Of that amount 85 000 million dollars are laundered in financial institutions.
