as in to censor
to remove objectionable parts from
had to launder the quarterback's off-the-cuff's remarks before they could be quoted in the newspaper
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Recent Examples of launder
The couple and their two young children are forced to flee Chicago to a summer resort community in the Ozarks after a money-laundering scheme goes wrong.
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Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Cosenza, 67, the third defendant in the foreign corruption indictment, pleaded guilty in August to a money-laundering charge.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
The fallout from Singapore's money-laundering scandal and high-profile crypto failures like Three Arrows Capital and FTX triggered an aggressive compliance push in 2024, according to Iris Xu, founder of corporate services firm Jenga, whose clients are wealthy mainland Chinese in Singapore.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
Patel would face a maximum of 20 years behind bars and more than $500,000 in fines, or twice the value of the property involved, if convicted of the money laundering conspiracy.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Cosenza, 67, the third defendant in the foreign corruption indictment, pleaded guilty in August to a money-laundering charge.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
The fallout from Singapore's money-laundering scandal and high-profile crypto failures like Three Arrows Capital and FTX triggered an aggressive compliance push in 2024, according to Iris Xu, founder of corporate services firm Jenga, whose clients are wealthy mainland Chinese in Singapore.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
Patel would face a maximum of 20 years behind bars and more than $500,000 in fines, or twice the value of the property involved, if convicted of the money laundering conspiracy.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for launder
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There is no right to censor open forum comments — if a speaker says things that expose them to liability, that is not the board’s responsibility.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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Within the self-censoring limits of the genre, Eisgruber has sensible things to say, maybe too sensible.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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Promising to cut logistics costs, shorten schedules and reduce Carbon emissions by lowering travel, the service is trialing with early adopters.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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Allowing a layer of gunk to grow on weather stripping also shortens its lifespan.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Launder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/launder. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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