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launder

 
 
/ˈlɔːndər/ verb [T]

Definition

to hide the fact that an amount of money has been made illegally by putting the money into legal bank accounts or businesses: to launder drug money
laundering noun [U] money laundering
(Definition of launder verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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