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How to use launder in a sentence

20 example sentences · noun, verb

Launder means a washerwoman or washerman. Example: “The politician was involved in a sordid money laundering scheme.”

More sentences with launder

  • The politician was involved in a sordid money laundering scheme.From the entry sordid
  • They can't launder fast enough, so what do you do with it?2023, Sally Wainwright, 26:06 from the start, in Happy Valley, season 3, episode 2, spoken by Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire). From the entry cuckoo
  • Art critic Ben Lewis agrees: “It’s artwashing – it launders oligarchs’ reputations.2022 March 17, Oliver Basciano, quoting Ben Lewis, “‘It’s artwashing’: can galleries wean themselves off Russian oligarch loot?”, in The…. From the entry artwashing
  • In some cases, the sites engage in a sort of propaganda laundering.2020 September 20, Alan Greenblatt, “Partisan Websites Fill Media Void”, in Voice of America (VOA) [part of the U.S. Agency for Global…. From the entry propaganda laundering
  • Perhaps this is why anti-money laundering measures are concerned about “Know Your Customer Principle.2015, Ibrahim Abdul Abubakar, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing, page 63. From the entry launderette
  • They can be taken apart for laundering, so they dry faster than all-in-ones.2015 March 4, Uta Mihm, Rebecca Ciaramidaro, “How to buy the best disposable and cloth nappies”, in Choice. From the entry all-in-two
  • There are also many firms now specializing in laundering cloth nappies.2013 April 25, Ali Monaghan, “Nappy Dilemmas”, in Happy, Healthy Pregnancy, Quercus, →ISBN, page 1 [of chapter]. From the entry hybrid nappy
  • 'You're laundering the moo you stashed in Andorra.' That softens his cough.2010, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, The Oh My God Delusion, →ISBN. From the entry soften someone's cough
  • Indeed, parents had always complained about the odious laundering, folding, and storing of cloth diapers.1983 October 3, Bernice Kenner, “On Madison Avenue: The Bottom Line”, in New York, volume 16, number 39, New York, N.Y.: New York Media…. From the entry cloth diaper
  • Kathleen wore dungarees and her gingham skirt was laundered to an ectoplasmic degree.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 232. From the entry ectoplasmic
  • Some of its buttons were missing and the flap seat was baggy from too much laundering.1954, Ben Hecht, A Child of the Century, New York: Simon and Schuster, Book 4, p. 273. From the entry flap seat
  • Shaggytuft, a high pile shaggy surfaced cotton rug with a lustrous sheen which is laundered and pre-shrunk.1938, Rug Profits, volume 28. From the entry shaggytuft
  • Darn, I'd like a bestagon, pfp frame, but I will not encourage the propagation of these money laundering pyramid schemes.2022 January 20, @DBSLarsson, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 20 Jan 2022. From the entry bestagon
  • The Department of Justice said it has arrested a Russian-Swedish national who allegedly operated a long-running cryptocurrency laundering site.2021 April 29, Kim Lyons, “Feds arrest founder of bitcoin ‘mixer’ they say laundered $335 million over ten years”, in The Verge. From the entry tumbler
  • What money laundering scheme are you operating!?2016 September 25, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Jeff Maurer, Ben Silva, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, Julie Weiner…. From the entry money laundering
  • At the door of one, an old black woman had stooped to lift a large basket, piled high with laundered clothes.1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company…. From the entry lift
  • The friend referred to the land as the 'Black and White Estate' because 'so many people were using it to launder illegal money'.2015 October 1, Matthew Condon, All Fall Down, Univ. of Queensland Press, →ISBN. From the entry bodgy
  • It also coincided with an onsite evaluation by the Financial Action Task Force, a global body that sets standards to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.2025 December 29, Jill Mahoney, “Experts call for public beneficial land ownership registry in Ontario. Such registries force disclosure…. From the entry all of the sudden
  • Jeanne-Marie came nearer the hearth, unglued the mildewed pages of a magazine, then leafed through the pretty people and practical advice for laundering in low temperatures.1994, Jean Echenoz, Double Jeopardy. From the entry unijambist
  • Stolz said the move by ClubsNSW had only firmed his resolve to keep fighting for the right to disclose information in the public interest about money laundering in registered clubs.2022 September 22, Harriet Alexander, “‘I’ve nothing to lose’: Dying whistleblower sued by ClubsNSW”, in Sydney Morning Herald. From the entry firm

Meaning of launder

  1. noun A washerwoman or washerman.
  2. noun A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore.
  3. noun A trough or channel carrying water to the wheel of a watermill.

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Questions about launder in a sentence

How do you use launder in a sentence?
Launder is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The politician was involved in a sordid money laundering scheme.”
What is a short sentence with launder?
“What money laundering scheme are you operating!?”
What does launder mean?
Launder means a washerwoman or washerman.

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