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Definition 2025

money laundering ‎(uncountable)

The act of engaging in transactions designed to obscure the origin of money that has been obtained illegally.

act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally

Arabic: غَسِيل اَلْأَمْوَال m ‎(ḡasīl al-ʾamwāl)
Armenian: փողերի լվացում ‎(pʿołeri lvacʿum)
Catalan: blanqueig de diners m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 洗黑錢 (zh), 洗黑钱 (zh) ‎(xǐhēiqián)
Czech: praní špinavých peněz m
Danish: pengevask c
Dutch: witwassen (nl) n
Finnish: rahanpesu (fi)
French: blanchiment d'argent (fr) m
German: Geldwäsche (de) f, Geldwäscherei f
Greek: ξέπλυμα χρήματος f ‎(xéplyma chrímatos), ξέπλυμα μαύρου χρήματος f ‎(xéplyma mávrou chrímatos)
Hungarian: pénzmosás (hu)

Icelandic: peningaþvætti n
Italian: riciclaggio di denaro m
Japanese: 資金洗浄 (ja) ‎(shikin senjō), マネー・ロンダリング ‎(manē rondaringu), マネー・ローンダリング ‎(manē rōndaringu)
Korean: 돈세탁 ‎(donsetak)
Norwegian: hvitvasking m
Polish: pranie (pl) n brudnych pieniędzy
Portuguese: lavagem de dinheiro f
Russian: отмыва́ние де́нег n ‎(otmyvánije déneg)
Spanish: lavado de dinero m, blanqueo de capitales m
Swedish: pengatvätt c, penningtvätt (sv) c
Thai: การฟอกเงิน ‎(gaan-fɔ̂ɔk-ngəən)
Vietnamese: rửa tiền (vi)