launder
launder Lexical Profile
launder Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To conceal the origins of illegally obtained money, typically by passing it through a complex sequence of banking transfers or commercial transactions so that it appears legitimate.
"Federal investigators discovered that the shell company had been set up to launder illicit funds through offshore accounts."
To wash and iron clothes, bed linens, or other household textiles.
"Hotel housekeeping staff launder thousands of sheets and towels every day."
• noun
A slanted trough, chute, or channel of wood or metal used in mining and metallurgy for conveying water, ore, or molten metal.
"The molten copper flowed steadily down the refractory-lined launder into the casting molds."
• Rhymes for launder
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English 'lavendre' (a person who washes clothes), borrowed from Old French 'lavandier' and ultimately derived from Latin 'lavare' (to wash). Originally a noun, the word shifted into its modern verb sense during the 16th century.