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# launder

«launder» in Mova's school dictionary: **To wash and iron clothes, sheets or towels** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (launder, launders, laundered, laundering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To wash and iron clothes, sheets or towels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/launder/#m1)

2) To hide where dishonestly gained money came from by passing it through a business or bank so it looks honest (launder money). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/launder/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life the common words are "wash" and "do the laundry"; "launder" is more formal, as in hotels. In crime stories and the news, "money laundering" is a crime. Phrases: launder clothes, launder money, money laundering.

### examples

- The hotel launders the towels every day (formal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/launder/#x1)
- Please launder this shirt before the wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/launder/#x2)
- The criminals tried to launder stolen money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/launder/#x3)
- Money laundering is against the law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/launder/#x4)
- Freshly laundered sheets smell lovely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/launder/#x5)
- The police caught the gang laundering cash through a café. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/launder/#x6)

### note

Regular verb. Noun: laundry (the clothes to wash, or the place); a launderette (UK) / laundromat (US) is a shop with washing machines. In the crime sense, laundering is always dishonest.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «launder» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/launder/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.