launderette
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Genericized trademark of Launderette; originally a proprietary name (1940s) of Bendix corporation, from launder + -ette.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lɔːnˈdɹɛt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /lɔndəˈɹɛt/
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Noun
[edit]launderette (plural launderettes)
- A place that has facilities for washing and drying clothes that the public may pay to use.
- A money laundering operation.
- 2000, Guy Stessens, Money Laundering: A New International Law Enforcement Model, page 133:
- The distinction is by no means watertight as any 'money launderette' may become a money launderer – and hence be guilty of a money laundering offence – the moment it knowingly engages in a money laundering operation.
- 2009, Christine Jojarth, Crime, War, and Global Trafficking, page 140:
- From drug money to terrorist finance: the launderette's many different washing cycles
- 2015, Ibrahim Abdul Abubakar, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing, page 63:
- This is a stage at which the proceeds of illegal activity are introduced into the financial system and therefore it is the most vulnerable stage in the launderette. Perhaps this is why anti-money laundering measures are concerned about “Know Your Customer Principle.
Synonyms
[edit]- (self-service laundry facility): laundromat (North America), laundrette (UK), washateria, washeteria, washery, washette, coin laundry
- (money-laundering operation): laundromat
Translations
[edit]place with facilities for washing that public may use
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