"money laundering" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} money laundering (uncountable)
  1. The act of engaging in transactions designed to obscure the origin of money, especially money that has been obtained illegally. Wikipedia link: money laundering Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Corruption, Crime Translations (act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally): geldwassery (Afrikaans), غَسِيل أَمْوَال (ḡasīl ʔamwāl) [masculine] (Arabic), غَسْل أَمْوَال (ḡasl ʔamwāl) [masculine] (Arabic), تَبْيِيض أَمْوَال (tabyīḍ ʔamwāl) [masculine] (Arabic), փողերի լվացում (pʻoġeri lvacʻum) (Armenian), pulların yuyulması (Azerbaijani), адмыва́нне гро́шай (admyvánnje hróšaj) [neuter] (Belarusian), пра́не на пари́ (práne na parí) [neuter] (Bulgarian), blanqueig de diners [masculine] (Catalan), 洗黑錢 (Chinese Mandarin), 洗黑钱 (xǐhēiqián) (Chinese Mandarin), 洗錢 (Chinese Mandarin), 洗钱 (xǐqián) (Chinese Mandarin), praní špinavých peněz [neuter] (Czech), pengevask [common-gender] (Danish), hvidvaskning [common-gender] (Danish), witwassen [neuter] (Dutch), monlavado (Esperanto), rahapesu (Estonian), rahanpesu (Finnish), blanchiment d’argent [masculine] (French), ფულის გათეთრება (pulis gatetreba) (Georgian), Geldwäsche [feminine] (German), Geldwäscherei [feminine] (German), ξέπλυμα χρήματος (xéplyma chrímatos) [feminine] (Greek), ξέπλυμα μαύρου χρήματος (xéplyma mávrou chrímatos) [feminine] (Greek), הַלְבָּנַת הוֹן (halbanát hon) [feminine] (Hebrew), धन शोधन (dhan śodhan) [masculine] (Hindi), मनी लॉन्ड्रिंग (manī lŏnḍriṅg) [feminine] (Hindi), काला धन शोधन (kālā dhan śodhan) [masculine] (Hindi), pénzmosás (Hungarian), peningaþvætti [neuter] (Icelandic), pencucian uang (Indonesian), riciclaggio di denaro [masculine] (Italian), 資金洗浄 (shikin senjō) (alt: しきんせんじょう) (Japanese), マネー・ロンダリング (manē rondaringu) (Japanese), マネー・ローンダリング (manē rōndaringu) (Japanese), マネロン (maneron) (Japanese), ақшаның ағылуы (aqşanyñ ağyluy) (Kazakh), ақшаның жылыстауы (aqşanyñ jylystauy) (Kazakh), ақшаның ізін жасыру (aqşanyñ ızın jasyru) (Kazakh), 돈세탁 (donsetak) (Korean), 자금세탁 (jageumsetak) (alt: 資金洗濯) (Korean), акчалардын изин жашыруу (akcalardın izin jaşıruu) (Kyrgyz), ການຟອກເງິນ (kān fǭk ngœn) (Lao), naudas atmazgāšana [feminine] (Latvian), pinigų plovimas [masculine] (Lithuanian), перење пари (perenje pari) [neuter] (Macedonian), pelaburan wang haram (Malay), pengubahan wang haram (Malay), ħasil ta’ flus [masculine] (Maltese), pareşûştin [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), perespîkirin [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), hvitvasking [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kvitvasking [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), پولشویی (pul-šuyi) (Persian), pranie brudnych pieniędzy [neuter] (Polish), pranie pieniędzy [neuter] (Polish), lavagem de dinheiro [feminine] (Portuguese), branqueamento de capitais [masculine] (Portuguese), spălare de bani [feminine] (Romanian), отмыва́ние де́нег (otmyvánije déneg) [neuter] (Russian), прање новца [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), pranje novca [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), pranie špinavých peňazí [neuter] (Slovak), pranje denarja [neuter] (Slovene), lavado de dinero [masculine] (Spanish), blanqueo de capitales [masculine] (Spanish), pengatvätt [common-gender] (Swedish), penningtvätt [common-gender] (Swedish), пулшӯӣ (pulšüyī) (Tajik), การฟอกเงิน (gaan-fɔ̂ɔk-ngən) (Thai), kara para aklama (Turkish), para aklama (Turkish), відмива́ння гро́шей (vidmyvánnja hróšej) [neuter] (Ukrainian), відмива́ння брудни́х ко́штів (vidmyvánnja brudnýx kóštiv) [neuter] (Ukrainian), پۇل يۇيۇش (pul yuyush) (Uyghur), pul yuvish (Uzbek), rửa tiền (Vietnamese)

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          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
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          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "riciclaggio di denaro"
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          "alt": "しきんせんじょう",
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          "roman": "shikin senjō",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "word": "資金洗浄"
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          "roman": "manē rondaringu",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
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          "roman": "manē rōndaringu",
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "maneron",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "aqşanyñ ağyluy",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "word": "ақшаның ағылуы"
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "aqşanyñ jylystauy",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "word": "ақшаның жылыстауы"
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "aqşanyñ ızın jasyru",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "word": "ақшаның ізін жасыру"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "donsetak",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "word": "돈세탁"
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          "alt": "資金洗濯",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jageumsetak",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "word": "자금세탁"
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          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "pareşûştin"
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        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "perespîkirin"
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          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "akcalardın izin jaşıruu",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "word": "акчалардын изин жашыруу"
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          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "kān fǭk ngœn",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "word": "ການຟອກເງິນ"
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          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "naudas atmazgāšana"
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          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "word": "pelaburan wang haram"
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          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "word": "pengubahan wang haram"
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          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ħasil ta’ flus"
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          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
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          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
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          "word": "pranie brudnych pieniędzy"
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          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "lavagem de dinheiro"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "branqueamento de capitais"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "spălare de bani"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otmyvánije déneg",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "отмыва́ние де́нег"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
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          "word": "прање новца"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "pranje novca"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "pranie špinavých peňazí"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "pranje denarja"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lavado de dinero"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "blanqueo de capitales"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "pengatvätt"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "penningtvätt"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "pulšüyī",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "word": "пулшӯӣ"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gaan-fɔ̂ɔk-ngən",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "word": "การฟอกเงิน"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "word": "kara para aklama"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "word": "para aklama"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidmyvánnja hróšej",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "відмива́ння гро́шей"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidmyvánnja brudnýx kóštiv",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "відмива́ння брудни́х ко́штів"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "pul yuyush",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "word": "پۇل يۇيۇش"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "word": "pul yuvish"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
          "word": "rửa tiền"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "money laundering"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "money laundering"
}
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "money laundering (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
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        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Corruption",
        "en:Crime"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016 September 25, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Jeff Maurer, Ben Silva, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, Julie Weiner, “Scandals”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 23, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO",
          "text": "Shut up! Shut up! What is this charity!? You’re kids! You can’t fucking drive! What money laundering scheme are you operating!?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of engaging in transactions designed to obscure the origin of money, especially money that has been obtained illegally."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transaction",
          "transaction"
        ],
        [
          "obscure",
          "obscure"
        ],
        [
          "origin",
          "origin"
        ],
        [
          "illegal",
          "illegal"
        ]
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        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "money laundering"
      ]
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "geldwassery"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡasīl ʔamwāl",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "غَسِيل أَمْوَال"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡasl ʔamwāl",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "غَسْل أَمْوَال"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tabyīḍ ʔamwāl",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَبْيِيض أَمْوَال"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pʻoġeri lvacʻum",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "փողերի լվացում"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "pulların yuyulması"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "admyvánnje hróšaj",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "адмыва́нне гро́шай"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "práne na parí",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пра́не на пари́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blanqueig de diners"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "洗黑錢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xǐhēiqián",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "洗黑钱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "洗錢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xǐqián",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "洗钱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "praní špinavých peněz"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pengevask"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hvidvaskning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "witwassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "monlavado"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "rahapesu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "rahanpesu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blanchiment d’argent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "pulis gatetreba",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "ფულის გათეთრება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Geldwäsche"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Geldwäscherei"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "xéplyma chrímatos",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ξέπλυμα χρήματος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "xéplyma mávrou chrímatos",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ξέπλυμα μαύρου χρήματος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "halbanát hon",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "הַלְבָּנַת הוֹן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dhan śodhan",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "धन शोधन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "manī lŏnḍriṅg",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "मनी लॉन्ड्रिंग"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kālā dhan śodhan",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "काला धन शोधन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "pénzmosás"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "peningaþvætti"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "pencucian uang"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "riciclaggio di denaro"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しきんせんじょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shikin senjō",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "資金洗浄"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "manē rondaringu",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "マネー・ロンダリング"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "manē rōndaringu",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "マネー・ローンダリング"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "maneron",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "マネロン"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "aqşanyñ ağyluy",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "ақшаның ағылуы"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "aqşanyñ jylystauy",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "ақшаның жылыстауы"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "aqşanyñ ızın jasyru",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "ақшаның ізін жасыру"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "donsetak",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "돈세탁"
    },
    {
      "alt": "資金洗濯",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jageumsetak",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "자금세탁"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pareşûştin"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perespîkirin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "akcalardın izin jaşıruu",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "акчалардын изин жашыруу"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "kān fǭk ngœn",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "ການຟອກເງິນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "naudas atmazgāšana"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pinigų plovimas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "perenje pari",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "перење пари"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "pelaburan wang haram"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "pengubahan wang haram"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ħasil ta’ flus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hvitvasking"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kvitvasking"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pul-šuyi",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "پولشویی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pranie brudnych pieniędzy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pranie pieniędzy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lavagem de dinheiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "branqueamento de capitais"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spălare de bani"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otmyvánije déneg",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отмыва́ние де́нег"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "прање новца"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pranje novca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pranie špinavých peňazí"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pranje denarja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lavado de dinero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blanqueo de capitales"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pengatvätt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "penningtvätt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "pulšüyī",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "пулшӯӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan-fɔ̂ɔk-ngən",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "การฟอกเงิน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "kara para aklama"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "para aklama"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidmyvánnja hróšej",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "відмива́ння гро́шей"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidmyvánnja brudnýx kóštiv",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "відмива́ння брудни́х ко́штів"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "pul yuyush",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "پۇل يۇيۇش"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "pul yuvish"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally",
      "word": "rửa tiền"
    }
  ],
  "word": "money laundering"
}

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