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money laundering

money laundering noun: the act of engaging in transactions designed to obscure the origin of money, especially money that has been obtained illegally.

Noun

money laundering (uncountable)

  1. The act of engaging in transactions designed to obscure the origin of money, especially money that has been obtained illegally.
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money laundering meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Arabic

money laundering in Hindi

act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
धन शोधन dhan śodhan, मनी लॉन्ड्रिंग manī lŏnḍriṅg, काला धन शोधन kālā dhan śodhan

money laundering in Tamil

பணமாற்று மோசடி, கறுப்புப்பணப் பரிமாற்றம், பணச்சலவை

money laundering in Urdu

money laundering
حوالہ havāla

money laundering in Arabic

act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
غَسِيل أَمْوَال ḡasīl ʔamwāl, غَسْل أَمْوَال ḡasl ʔamwāl, تَبْيِيض أَمْوَال tabyīḍ ʔamwāl
More languagesFewer languages
money laundering in Malay
pelaburan wang haram, pengubahan wang haram
money laundering in Indonesian
pencucian uang
money laundering in Persian
پولشویی pul-šuyi
money laundering in Thai
การฟอกเงิน gaan-fɔ̂ɔk-ngən
money laundering in Vietnamese
rửa tiền

Questions about money laundering

What does money laundering mean?
Money laundering means the act of engaging in transactions designed to obscure the origin of money, especially money that has been obtained illegally.
What is money laundering in Hindi?
Money laundering in Hindi is धन शोधन (dhan śodhan), मनी लॉन्ड्रिंग (manī lŏnḍriṅg), काला धन शोधन (kālā dhan śodhan). See Money laundering meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is money laundering?
Money laundering is a noun.

Words near money laundering in the dictionary

  1. money goggles
  2. money has no smell
  3. money illusion
  4. money is no object
  5. money is the root of all evil
  6. money laundering
  7. money lender
  8. money lenders
  9. money machine
  10. money machines
  11. money maker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: money laundering (page history and authors); money laundering (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); حوالہ (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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