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The act of engaging in transactions designed to obscure the origin of money, especially money that has been obtained illegally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
concealing the source of illegally gotten money
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: concealment, concealing, hiding
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
81 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
geldwassery
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Arabic:
غَسِيل أَمْوَال
(ḡasīl ʔamwāl)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Arabic:
غَسْل أَمْوَال
(ḡasl ʔamwāl)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Arabic:
تَبْيِيض أَمْوَال
(tabyīḍ ʔamwāl)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Armenian:
փողերի լվացում
(pʻoġeri lvacʻum)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Azerbaijani:
pulların yuyulması
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Belarusian:
адмыва́нне гро́шай
(admyvánnje hróšaj)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Bulgarian:
пра́не на пари́
(práne na parí)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Catalan:
blanqueig de diners
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Chinese Mandarin:
洗黑錢 /洗黑钱
(xǐhēiqián)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Chinese Mandarin:
洗錢 /洗钱
(xǐqián)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Czech:
praní špinavých peněz
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Danish:
pengevask
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Danish:
hvidvaskning
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Dutch:
witwassen
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Esperanto:
monlavado
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Estonian:
rahapesu
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Finnish:
rahanpesu
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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French:
blanchiment d'argent
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Georgian:
ფულის გათეთრება
(pulis gatetreba)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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German:
Geldwäsche
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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German:
Geldwäscherei
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Greek:
ξέπλυμα χρήματος
(xéplyma chrímatos)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Greek:
ξέπλυμα μαύρου χρήματος
(xéplyma mávrou chrímatos)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Hebrew:
הַלְבָּנַת הוֹן
(halbanát hon)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Hindi:
धन शोधन
(dhan śodhan)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Hindi:
मनी लॉन्ड्रिंग
(manī lŏnḍriṅg)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Hindi:
काला धन शोधन
(kālā dhan śodhan)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Hungarian:
pénzmosás
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Icelandic:
peningaþvætti
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Indonesian:
pencucian uang
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Italian:
riciclaggio di denaro
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Japanese:
資金洗浄
(shikin senjō)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Japanese:
マネー・ロンダリング
(manē rondaringu)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Japanese:
マネー・ローンダリング
(manē rōndaringu)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Japanese:
マネロン
(maneron)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Kazakh:
ақшаның ағылуы
(aqşanyñ ağyluy)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Kazakh:
ақшаның жылыстауы
(aqşanyñ jylystauy)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Kazakh:
ақшаның ізін жасыру
(aqşanyñ ızın jasyru)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Korean:
돈세탁
(donsetak)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Korean:
자금세탁
(jageumsetak)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Northern Kurdish:
pareşûştin
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Northern Kurdish:
perespîkirin
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Kyrgyz:
акчалардын изин жашыруу
(akcalardın izin jaşıruu)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Lao:
ການຟອກເງິນ
(kān fǭk ngœn)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Latvian:
naudas atmazgāšana
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Lithuanian:
pinigų plovimas
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Macedonian:
перење пари
(perenje pari)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Malay:
pelaburan wang haram
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Malay:
pengubahan wang haram
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Maltese:
ħasil ta’ flus
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Norwegian Bokmål:
hvitvasking
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
kvitvasking
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Pannonian Rusyn:
райбанє пенєжу
(rajbanje penježu)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Persian:
پولشویی
(pul-šuyi)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Polish:
pranie brudnych pieniędzy
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Polish:
pranie pieniędzy
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Portuguese:
lavagem de dinheiro
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Portuguese:
branqueamento de capitais
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Romanian:
spălare de bani
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Russian:
отмыва́ние де́нег
(otmyvánije déneg)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Serbo-Croatian:
прање новца
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Serbo-Croatian:
pranje novca
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Slovak:
pranie špinavých peňazí
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Slovene:
pranje denarja
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Spanish:
lavado de dinero
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Spanish:
blanqueo de capitales
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Spanish:
lavado dinerario
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Spanish:
lavado pecuniario
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Swedish:
penningtvätt
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Swedish:
pengatvätt
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Tajik:
пулшӯӣ
(pulšüyi)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Thai:
การฟอกเงิน
(gaan-fɔ̂ɔk-ngən)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Turkish:
kara para aklama
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Turkish:
para aklama
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Ukrainian:
відмива́ння гро́шей
(vidmyvánnja hróšej)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Ukrainian:
відмива́ння брудни́х ко́штів
(vidmyvánnja brudnýx kóštiv)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Uyghur:
پۇل يۇيۇش
(pul yuyush)
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Uzbek:
pul yuvish
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Vietnamese:
rửa tiền
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
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Welsh:
gwyngalchu arian
— act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
