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launder

noun

a water trough, esp. one used in mining for washing dirt from the ore

transitive verb

  1. to wash, or wash and iron (clothes, etc.)
  2. to exchange or invest (money) in such a way as to conceal that it came from an illegal or improper source
  3. to make (something improper or offensive) seem less so

intransitive verb

  1. to withstand washing: a fabric that launders well
  2. to do laundry

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See launder in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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