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launder

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n.流水槽 v.洗涤,清洗,洗黑钱(把来路可疑的钱弄得貌似合法)

难易程度:

launder为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

名词:launderer 动词过去式:laundered 过去分词:laundered 现在分词:laundering 第三人称单数:launders

词根

lav,lau=to wash(洗)

近义词, 同义词

be clean  clean  cleanse  rinse  wring  flush  full  wipe  mop  sponge  scour  swab  scrub  brush  wash  lave  launder  purify  purge  expurgate  clarify  refine  filter  filtrate  drain  strain    

相关词

bathe  scour  scrub  wash    

launder


/'lɔ:ndə(r); `lɔndɚ/
v
1 [Tn] (fml 文) wash and iron (clothes, etc) 洗熨(衣物等)
*Send these shirts to be laundered. 把这些衬衣送去洗熨.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr] (fig 比喻) transfer (money obtained from crime) to foreign banks, legitimate businesses, etc so as to disguise its source 洗(赃款)(转移到外国银行、合法公司等以掩蔽其来路)
*The gang laundered the stolen money through their chain of restaurants. 这帮匪徒通过他们的 连锁饭店洗赃款.

launder


v [T]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: launder 'someone who washes clothes' (14-17 centuries), from French lavandier, from Latin lavare; LAVATORY]
to put money which has been obtained illegally into legal businesses and bank accounts, so that you can hide it or use it
 a law designed to prevent money laundering
formal to wash and iron clothes, sheets etc