Synonyms of laundering

laundering

verb

present participle of launder

as in censoring

to remove objectionable parts from

had to launder the quarterback's off-the-cuff's remarks before they could be quoted in the newspaper

Synonyms & Similar Words

• censoring
• shortening
• editing
• deleting
• reviewing
• purging
• expurgating
• cleansing
• cleaning (up)
• bowdlerizing
• cutting (out)
• purifying
• red-penciling
• examining
• suppressing
• expunging
• gutting
• abbreviating
• screening
• repressing
• excising
• scrutinizing
• silencing
• blue-penciling
• condemning
• denouncing
• bleeping
• blipping
• censuring
• blacking out
• x-ing (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• authorizing
• approving
• sanctioning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of laundering

Their investigations also uncovered immigration and money-laundering crimes that led to more than a dozen guilty pleas. — Bronson Arcuri, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026

Its co-founder, Changpeng Zhao, also pleaded guilty to failing to maintain an effective anti-money-laundering program. — Madeleine May, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

More than $1 billion of the unreported activity involved national security and other high-priority risks, including Chinese money-laundering networks and activity tied to the southwest border, Treasury said in a press release. — Lee Ying Shan,sarah Min, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026

Pulido faces charges in two separate federal indictments filed in Miami in 2019 and 2021, involving a total of 13 money-laundering counts, each carrying a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026

As these dopamine chasers inflict their limbic systems on every film, cheering for lizard-brain human suffering, the Olds scramble to give all that bloodlust a higher purpose, laundering it into political statements right there in the Q&A. — Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026

And Britain itself, after the financial and cultural boom of the ’90s, has in the post-recession era settled into its new role as butler to the world, to borrow a phrase from writer and money-laundering muckraker Oliver Bullough. — Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

The Financial Action Task Force, the global money-laundering watchdog, has warned that criminals exploit citizenship and residency programs to conceal their identities, launder illicit wealth and evade justice. — Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

Arrested on three counts, Lui is accused of conspiring to violate the Export Control Reform Act and the Export Administration Regulations, as well as federal smuggling and money laundering laws. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026