Used for someone providing cleaning services, typically for clothing and textiles.

Service Context

Often associated with businesses, like a laundromat or dry-cleaning service.

Professional Terms

Launderer can describe anyone washing clothes, not just professionals.

Common Usage

Refers to the act of concealing criminal proceeds to make them seem legitimate.

Illegal Implications

Used in finance and legal discussions, often regarding anti-money laundering laws.

Financial Context

Mostly related to white-collar crimes and organized criminal groups.

Crime Related

 This can take the form of transfers between multiple accounts, or the purchase of tradable property, like expensive cars, artwork, and real estate. Casinos, where large sums of money change hands every second, are also popular venues for layering. A money launderer may have their gambling balance made available

How does money...

 paid the Nigerian government for the block. The Nigerian government transferred precisely the same amount, to the very dollar, to an account earmarked for a shell company whose hidden owner was Etete. Now, that's not bad going for a convicted money launderer. And here's the thing.