Crossword clues for laundering
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Launder \Laun"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Laundered (l[add]n"d[~e]rd or l[aum]n"d[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Laundering.]
To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; as, to launder shirts.
To lave; to wet. [Obs.]
--Shak.
Laundering \Laun"der*ing\, n. The act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing.
Wiktionary
n. The act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing. vb. (present participle of launder English)
WordNet
n. washing clothes and bed linens
Wikipedia
Laundering may refer to:
- Laundry, washing clothes
- Child laundering, the illegal acquisition of children through monetary transactions, etc.
- Money laundering, disguising the origin of illegally gained wealth
- Policy laundering, disguising the origin of legislation
Usage examples of "laundering".
On the other end of the deal was a Panamanian company controlled by a lawyer indicted for laundering drug money.
A lot of unsavoury characters switched to money laundering and the tax havens off the East Coast.
Many were still just as involved in gambling, massage parlors, extortion and money laundering as ever but they distanced themselves from violence.
His experience on the waterfronts had given him an expertise in smuggling, extortion and money laundering, and these were the areas in which he made his money, first in Fuzhou then in Hong Kong and expanding throughout China and the Far East.
It is about dirty multi-billion dollar money laundering which is carried out by major Swiss banking houses.
Colombia does not grow the cocoa bush but, next to Bolivia, is the main refiner of cocaine and the chief financial center of the cocaine trade which, since General Noriega was kidnaped and imprisoned by President Bush, is being challenged by Panama for first place in money laundering and capital financing of the cocaine trade.
The bank quickly expanded its activities and became the principal bank used by Lansky and his mobster associates for laundering money garnered from prostitution, drugs and other Mafia rackets.
II period, one of the most common methods used by Resorts International and other drug related companies to clean money was by courier service to a money laundering bank.
Linowitz is important to the Committee by virtue of his long standing expertise in laundering drug money through Marine Midland and the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank.
Drugs, dirty money laundering, crime and racketeering are all covered by their infamous Act.
Sir Kenneth Strong tied in all the spokes of the drug wheel, including terrorism, production of opium, the gold markets, dirty money laundering and banking to its central core, the British Crown.
This bank has been indicted on several charges of being heavily involved in drug money laundering throughout the world.
Bracer is going to get away not only with money laundering but with murder?
I thought it looked very becoming, but Ulaume snatched them out of his hands with a quick murmur about laundering and sewing.
The theaters, it turned out, were the most excellent device for laundering large numbers of small bills.