launder
Wash and press
Launder means to wash and iron clothes or linens, though this sense has largely given way to the figurative meaning: to make something questionable appear legitimate.
Money laundering is the process of moving illegally obtained funds through legitimate businesses or accounts to disguise their criminal origin.
The cartel laundered millions through shell companies.
The word derives from laundry, connecting the idea of cleaning dirty clothes to cleaning dirty money.
Clean using liquid
- rinseWash without scrubbing
- dry-cleanChemical fabric cleaning
- ironElement twenty-six
- pressApply force downward
starch · fold · tumble-dry · spin · wring · detergent · fabric softener · bleach
Conceal or coat pale
- sanitizeCleanse of pathogens
- clean upRestore order to
- concealKeep from being seen
- cover upConceal misdeeds or errors
gloss over · spin · reputation · image · scrub · expunge · redact · censor
Away from land
- shell companyInactive firm for transactions
- frontForward-facing side
- embezzleSteal funds in custody
- illicitProhibited by law
proceeds · racketeer · smuggle · cartel · wire transfer · transaction · untraceable · conceal
wash
Clean using liquid
press · starch · fold · tumble-dry · spin · wring · detergent · fabric softener · bleach · hamper
whitewash
Conceal or coat pale
cover up · gloss over · spin · reputation · image · scrub · expunge · redact · censor · obscure
offshore
Away from land
- shell companyInactive firm for transactions
- frontForward-facing side
- embezzleSteal funds in custody
illicit · proceeds · racketeer · smuggle · cartel · wire transfer · transaction · untraceable · conceal · disguise
freshen
To restore liveliness
air · deodorize · scent · fragrance · unwrinkle · neaten · spruce · revitalize · restore
- cleaningcleaning, clean, housekeeping, clean up, daily cleaning
- cleanlinessclean, cleanliness, clean up, dirty, neatness
- tidyingtidying, tidy, tidying up, declutter, cleaning
- fraudscam, fraud, swindle, con, deceive
- water channelsditch, drain, gutter, sewer, channel
- Traffickingdrug trafficking, trafficking, trafficker, drug smuggling, smuggling
- dirty laundryEmbarrassing private matters
- doing laundryCleaning worn garments
- do the laundryClean soiled clothing
- laundry basketContainer for soiled garments
- laundry roomSpace for washing clothes
- laundry detergentFabric cleaning solution
laundry, laundromat, laundered, laundering, launders, launderer, laundrette, launderers, laundrettes