money laundering

English

The act of engaging in transactions designed to obscure the origin of money, especially money that has been obtained illegally.
- 2016 September 25, John Oliver, “Scandals”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 23, written by Tim Carvell; Josh Gondelman; Dan Gurewitch; Jeff Maurer; Ben Silva; Will Tracy; Jill Twiss; Seena Vali; Julie Weiner, HBO, Warner Bros. Television:
  Shut up! Shut up! What is this charity⁉ You’re kids! You can’t fucking drive! What money laundering scheme are you operating!?

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

Arabic: غَسِيل اَلْأَمْوَال‎ m (ḡasīl al-ʾamwāl)
Armenian: փողերի լվացում (hy) (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
Georgian: ფულის გათეთრება (pulis gatetreba)
German: Geldwäsche (de) f, Geldwäscherei (de) 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), マネロン (maneron)
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 (sv) c, penningtvätt (sv) c
Thai: การฟอกเงิน (th) (gaan-fɔ̂ɔk-ngəən)
Vietnamese: rửa tiền (vi)

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