laundering

present participle of launder

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of laundering 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 This triggered a witch hunt within the UIF money-laundering watchdog, led by Paul Starc, who was promoted by Caputo. Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025 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. 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laundering
Verb
  • Political leaders might consider pushing social media companies to increase content moderation — a practice which declined in the wake of backlash over platforms censoring conservative stories and views during the pandemic and 2020 election.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The report found of the 329 Ohio State students who responded, 43% reported self-censoring on campus.
    Chris Quintana, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • These quick highlights also align with ever-shortening attention spans.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • After noticing that more people were commuting by bicycle, designers tweaked the brand’s windproof jacket, shortening its length and tightening the sleeves to prevent air from blowing up a rider’s arms.
    Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His private 90-minute lessons focus on using smartphones to their full potential, covering topics like framing fast-moving animals, using advanced camera settings, and editing photos with apps.
    Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The videos were apparently chosen for their clear depictions of celebrity faces, and are intended for use in training video-generation and video face-editing models.
    The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Laundering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laundering. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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