[+ obj] 1 : to make (clothes, towels, sheets, etc.) ready for use by washing, drying, and ironing them
▪ a freshly laundered shirt 2 : to put (money that you got by doing something illegal) into a business or bank account in order to hide where it really came from
▪ He used a phony business to launder money from drug dealing.
▪ a freshly laundered shirt
▪ He used a phony business to launder money from drug dealing.
— laundering noun [noncount]
▪ He has been accused of money laundering.
▪ He has been accused of money laundering.







