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Synonyms for launder

Grammar : Verb
Spell : lawn-der, lahn-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɔn dər, ˈlɑn-

Définition of launder

Origin :
  • 1660s, "to wash linen," from noun launder "one who washes" (especially linen), mid-15c., a contraction of lavender, from Old French lavandier "washer, launderer," from Medieval Latin lavandaria "a washer," ultimately from Latin lavare "to wash" (see lave). Criminal banking sense first recorded 1961, from notion of making dirty money seem clean; brought to widespread use during U.S. Watergate scandal, 1973. Related: Laundered; laundering.
  • verb wash
Example sentences :
  • The name Lander or Launder is unconnected with these (see p.186).
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Names » by Ernest Weekley
  • Launder, in his Voyage to India, p. 81, saw one erected in a tank of water.
  • Extract from : « The Round Towers of Ireland » by Henry O'Brien
  • Also he had towels for his own personal use and those he managed to launder, somehow.
  • Extract from : « The Cinder Pond » by Carroll Watson Rankin
  • The mud which settles in the launder, if the ore is rich, is taken up and washed in a jigging-sieve or on a canvas strake.
  • Extract from : « De Re Metallica » by Georgius Agricola
  • Margaret Sinton came that night bringing a beautiful blue one in its place, and carried away the other to launder.
  • Extract from : « A Girl Of The Limberlost » by Gene Stratton Porter
  • Launder, that washes the children of the privy chamber, 75, 112.
  • Extract from : « The Privy Purse Expenses of King Henry VIII from November MDXXIX, to December MDXXXII » by Nicholas Harris Nicolas
  • Thinking that she would surprise me, little Daisy decided to launder the piece herself.
  • Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Needlecraft » by Effie Archer Archer
  • Put the piece to launder in warm water and rub it with a pure soap, such as castile.
  • Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Needlecraft » by Effie Archer Archer
  • The waste steam puffed through a launder into the feed-cistern.
  • Extract from : « Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) » by Francis Trevithick
  • For the mornings there must be several crisp, demure little frocks that are easy to launder.
  • Extract from : « Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 » by Lillian Eichler Watson

Antonyms for launder

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