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
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Recent Examples of laundering
Bowyer would plead guilty to running a book, laundering money, and filing a false tax return, cooperating with their investigation so long as his associates — Greenberg, Boyajian, the network of nearly 50 agents who brought him players — were granted immunity.
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David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
When his harebrained money-laundering scheme loses millions of the cartel’s cash, Hanson is caught in a web of dangerous debt, absurd criminal mishap and a huge FBI takedown.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
Anti-money laundering compliance.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Those players, in turn, have become involved in, or on the edges of, drug, money-laundering and match-fixing plots.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
Focused on expanding their notorious drug and money laundering organization outside of Detroit, their strained relationship has left the brothers divided.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
Charges against the 13 include conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, and money laundering conspiracy, prosecutors said.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Most of them face a conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud charge, which is punishable by up to 20 years in prison, and a money laundering conspiracy charge, which is also punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
—Melissa Chan, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2025
Prosecutors accused Miguel Aguasvivas-Lizardo of transporting illicit cash since 2021, hauling hundreds of thousands of dollars to Miami, often from the Orlando-area, and ultimately laundering more than $1 million of drug proceeds to purchase cryptocurrency.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
When his harebrained money-laundering scheme loses millions of the cartel’s cash, Hanson is caught in a web of dangerous debt, absurd criminal mishap and a huge FBI takedown.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
Anti-money laundering compliance.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Those players, in turn, have become involved in, or on the edges of, drug, money-laundering and match-fixing plots.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
Focused on expanding their notorious drug and money laundering organization outside of Detroit, their strained relationship has left the brothers divided.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
Charges against the 13 include conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, and money laundering conspiracy, prosecutors said.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Most of them face a conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud charge, which is punishable by up to 20 years in prison, and a money laundering conspiracy charge, which is also punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
—Melissa Chan, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2025
Prosecutors accused Miguel Aguasvivas-Lizardo of transporting illicit cash since 2021, hauling hundreds of thousands of dollars to Miami, often from the Orlando-area, and ultimately laundering more than $1 million of drug proceeds to purchase cryptocurrency.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laundering
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The country had been at war only a few weeks, but already an organization was censoring mail.—
Pat Tompkins,
AFAR Media,
25 Aug. 2025
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As such, censoring misinformation carries the strong risk of censoring a good-faith idea.—
Jacob Hale Russell,
TIME,
4 Mar. 2025
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But warming is disrupting this balance, reducing snowfall, shortening the precipitation season, and in some cases shifting it from snow to rain.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Aug. 2025
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This week, during a meeting of that council, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the administration was considering shortening the window for postdisaster funding.—
Rachel Frazin,
The Hill,
29 Aug. 2025
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Journalists were involved in every step of the information gathering, review, editing and publishing process.—
Abreanna Blose,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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The production features cinematography by Zamarin Wahdat, art direction by Cyrus Karanjia, editing by Raluca Petre and Alexandra Strauss, and music by Anna Bauer.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Laundering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laundering. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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