launders; laundered; laundering
1
: to make (clothes, towels, sheets, etc.) ready for use by washing, drying, and ironing them
a freshly laundered shirt
2
: to put (money that you got by doing something illegal) into a business or bank account in order to hide where it really came from
He used a phony business to launder money from drug dealing.
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“Launder.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/launder. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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