laundered
Put through wash
Laundered describes something that has been washed and cleaned—clothes, linens, bedding: freshly laundered sheets.
The word extends to money that has been processed through legitimate-seeming transactions to disguise its illegal origins: laundered drug money, laundered campaign contributions.
Both senses involve making something dirty appear clean.
Cleaned with water
- scrubbedCleaned thoroughly or canceled
- rinsedWashed with water
- pressedPushed or smoothed flat
- ironedSmoothed with heat
folded · starched · dry-cleaned · bleached · detergent · soap · spotless · crisp
Concealed with false appearance
- airbrushedEdited for artificial perfection
- cover-upHiding wrongdoing from public
- revisionismReexamining established doctrine
- spinRapid rotation around axis
propaganda · euphemism · obfuscation · sugarcoated · varnished · distorted · falsified · manipulated
Away from land
- cashReady spending funds
- untraceableImpossible to follow back
- illicitProhibited by law
- criminalPerson who breaks laws
cartel · syndicate · racketeering · embezzled · concealed · funneled · layered · structured
washed
Cleaned with water
ironed · folded · starched · dry-cleaned · bleached · detergent · soap · spotless · crisp · fresh
whitewashed
Concealed with false appearance
- airbrushedEdited for artificial perfection
- cover-upHiding wrongdoing from public
- revisionismReexamining established doctrine
spin · propaganda · euphemism · obfuscation · sugarcoated · varnished · distorted · falsified · manipulated · misrepresented
offshore
Away from land
- cashReady spending funds
- untraceableImpossible to follow back
- illicitProhibited by law
criminal · cartel · syndicate · racketeering · embezzled · concealed · funneled · layered · structured · smurfing
line-dried
Dried hanging outdoors
linen · cotton · breeze · sunlight · floral · springtime · meadow · fragrant · dewy · sparkling
laundereddirty
Not clean
illicit · ill-gotten · tainted · criminal · illegitimate
launderedillicit
Prohibited by law
dirty · traceable · undeclared · unreported · black-market
- money launderingDisguising criminal proceeds' origins
- money laundererOne who legitimizes illicit funds
- laundered moneyIllicit cash made traceable-clean
- crypto launderingDisguising illicit funds via blockchain
launder, laundering, launders, launderette, launderer, launderers, launderable