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Witwassen

English translation: money laundering

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Dutch term or phrase:Witwassen
English translation:money laundering

22:10 Dec 27, 2005
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Dutch term or phrase: Witwassen
Witwassen is a phrase in Dutch to say you 'laundry' money. My question is, is it 'laundry' as translation or does the word 'witwassen' in Dutch has got a special English translation?
Remco
money laundering
Explanation:
(het) witwassen: money laundering
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Arrabadan
Local time: 13:21
Grading comment
In the phrase (some friends of us are getting married in the Cayman Islands): you can withdraw some pocket money from our bank account over there and launder this for us

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5 +1money laundering
Arrabadan
5launder
rafw


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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
money laundering


Explanation:
(het) witwassen: money laundering

Arrabadan
Local time: 13:21
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
Grading comment
In the phrase (some friends of us are getting married in the Cayman Islands): you can withdraw some pocket money from our bank account over there and launder this for us

Is this correct?


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agree  Peter Shortall
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
launder


Explanation:
for you

rafw
Local time: 13:21
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
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