How to Use launder in a Sentence

launder

1 of 2 verb

• He used a phony business to launder money from drug dealing.
• Each set was slept on for up to three weeks and laundered a few times.
  — Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2023
• The banker had concerns that the money may be laundered, and closed the account.
  — David Voreacos, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2023
• The money laundering charge could get her up to 20 years in prison.
  — Stuart Leavenworth, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
• Allow the item to soak for an hour up to overnight, then launder as usual.
  — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2022
• At the time, the gang had laundered $500 million in ransomware payments.
  — Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 7 June 2023
• To launder, machine wash on cool and then lay flat to dry or tumble dry on low.
  — Erica Reagle, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Apr. 2023
• Who doesn’t want to stop Russian oligarchs and drug lords from laundering money in the U.S.?
  — Amber Gunn, National Review, 17 Dec. 2023
• At home, Paul’s wife, Jean, would take his dirty uniforms into the basement, shake them out and launder them.
  — Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2022
• The feds found the nail salons, vending machines and laser tag arena that Walt, Jesse and Saul used to launder money.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 1 Aug. 2022
• Plus, the bed sheets are plenty easy to launder: Simply toss them in the washing machine and tumble dry on low.
  — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2022
• Make sure to use it when laundering all your favorite gym outfits for the best results!
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
• The best way to extend the life of your sports bras is to follow proper care instructions when laundering them.
  — Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 26 July 2023
• Once again, his words and actions will be laundered by allies in politics and the media.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 25 July 2023
• The latter smells like linens freshly laundered by somebody else.
  — Sheila Yasmin Marikar, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
• Sportswashing — the use of sports to launder a country or company’s image — has been around since the Greeks and Romans.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2022
• For best results, allow the product to sit on the stain for 15 minutes, and then launder the fabric as usual.
  — Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Dec. 2022
• No one is trying to launder money through your bank accounts.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 17 May 2022
• For bright colors, aim to launder items less frequently to help slow the color-fading process.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• To launder, simply toss in the washing machine and the dryer—no dry cleaning required.
  — Terri Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2022
• Plus, the convenient pre-measured pacs make laundering your clothes a breeze.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2023
• Qatar stands accused of using the soccer World Cup to launder its poor human rights image.
  — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Nov. 2022
• An online gambling site can be used to launder money in a variety of ways.
  — Richard Vanderford, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2022
• The fabric also shrank a little after being laundered and had some wrinkles in it, despite the name.
  — Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Mar. 2023
• Just spray directly onto a stain and allow to sit for up to five minutes, then launder as usual.
  — Jodhaira Rodriguez, Good Housekeeping, 27 July 2022
• This is the end, after all, as the series, about the Byrde family, which moved from Chicago to the Ozarks to launder money for a drug cartel, finishes its run.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2022
• Yet, every minute of the day, a criminal is seeking to outsmart compliance teams and launder the proceeds of crime.
  — Ian Henderson, Forbes, 6 May 2022
• There was no shrinkage or loose threads after laundering, making this a durable towel, too.
  — L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 30 May 2023
• The 2010 reforms ended this practice, but candidates since then have looked for new ways to launder money by crossing state lines.
  — al, 11 May 2022
• The effort follows a pattern the Kremlin has used before: laundering claims that first appear online through lesser news organizations.
  — Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024

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launder

2 of 2 noun

• Pre-treat or rub the stains with bar soap and launder with fabric-safe bleach.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 18 May 2022
• Their so-soft pima-cotton long sleeves and shorts are a breeze to launder.
  — Laura Lajiness, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2021
• The garbage collectors dutifully come to collect the garbage, and the launder does the same for clothes.
  — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 4 July 2020
• But silk stockings were fragile, didn’t stretch and were a challenge to launder.
  — WSJ, 23 Nov. 2022
• The rest of the time — to flush the toilet, launder clothing, wash dishes or bathe — Acosta had to haul water by hand from a well in a park half a mile away.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022
• If a stain remains, treat with a pre-wash and launder separately.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 22 Oct. 2020
• The business was charged with conspiracy to sell drugs and launder money.
  — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022
• For example, if your family is partial to movie nights on the couch, vacuum the cushions and launder throw blankets and pillows.
  — Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2021
• On Friday, Ng was convicted of conspiring to violate anti-bribery laws and launder money and now faces a prison term as long as three decades.
  — David Voreacos, Bloomberg.com, 9 Apr. 2022
• Treasury said in its announcement that Blender.io had also helped a number of the most destructive Russian ransomware gangs launder their money.
  — Kevin Collier, NBC News, 6 May 2022
• The bank will go on trial in Switzerland in February for allegedly helping a Bulgarian crime ring launder money more than a decade ago.
  — Margot Patrick, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2021
• Our fabric experts prefer polyester and nylon for their stain-resistant and easy-to-launder qualities.
  — Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 19 Aug. 2022
• Wash clothes, towels and linens, and launder or dry clean curtains, area rugs, furniture covers, cushions and any other affected fabrics.
  — oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2020
• In another case, a Swiss court found the bank guilty for helping a Bulgarian crime ring launder money related to cocaine trafficking.
  — Julie Steinberg, WSJ, 26 July 2022
• Change and launder linen items (e.g., seating covers, tablecloths, linen napkins) immediately following the event. Offer no-touch trash cans for guests to easily throw away food items.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 12 Nov. 2020
• Otherwise, cover your sofa with a machine-washable slipcover and launder it (along with throws and pillow covers) weekly.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2021
• This information was intended to help Pyongyang launder cryptocurrencies in a way that would allow the government to evade Western sanctions.
  — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2022
• Those grumbles point to a general concern that, in her march toward empire, Cooper would be willing to make trade-offs for access that would render Call Her Daddy a platform where people with severe moral baggage to launder can do so with ease.
  — Vulture, 21 Jan. 2022
• Two owners of vendor companies that did business with Apple have admitted to conspiring with Prasad to commit fraud and launder money, prosecutors said.
  — NBC News, 20 Mar. 2022
• Blankets with an internal waterproofing membrane can sometimes be challenging to launder because the membrane absorbs large amounts of water.
  — Michael Pollick, chicagotribune.com, 17 Mar. 2021
• Credit Suisse and a former employee of the bank were found guilty in a Swiss federal criminal court of helping a Bulgarian crime ring launder money related to cocaine trafficking.
  — WSJ, 28 June 2022
• Officials are considering what consumer protections and financial reporting requirements to put in place and how to crack down on criminals who take advantage of the anonymity offered by cryptocurrency to evade taxes, launder money and commit fraud.
  — Brian Slodysko, Fortune, 15 May 2022
• In 2020, Congress passed legislation to empower the Treasury Department to stop tax evaders, kleptocrats, terrorists and other criminals from using anonymous shell companies to hide and launder assets, including those in real estate.
  — NBC News, 2 Mar. 2022
• Foreign passports and multiple identities enable Chinese operatives overseas to engage in covert activity, launder money or take refuge from their government if accused of corruption.
  — Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 11 Oct. 2022
• Criminal syndicates seek to infiltrate police forces, seize smuggling routes, corner public funds and patronage jobs, launder illicit proceeds and expand opportunities to extort money from local businesses.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2021
• Marianne, a by-the-book bank loans exec forced to money launder earnings of a sinister food import company; an insurance investigator checking the disappearance of a border control veterinarian; and the indefatigable Johanna.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 31 Jan. 2022
• The documents exposed how wealthy individuals and corporations, criminals, and corrupt government officials employ a hidden financial circulatory system to evade taxes and launder money.
  — Jake Bernstein, The New York Review of Books, 23 Apr. 2020
• The accusations include helping launder money and running interference on investigations.
  — Justin Fenton, baltimoresun.com, 31 Mar. 2021
• Pre-treat or rub the stains with bar soap and launder with fabric-safe bleach.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 18 May 2022
• Their so-soft pima-cotton long sleeves and shorts are a breeze to launder.
  — Laura Lajiness, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024