What exactly is money laundering?

I've got the launderette on my left, and I can see the pub opposite. How much further is it to the bookshop?

The criminal attempted to launder money.

She laundered money for some drug traffickers.

He left Algeria in 2004 to escape charges of money laundering.

I'm the one responsible for laundering sheets and towels.

The accusations are shocking: money laundering, tax evasion and obstruction of justice.

It is possible to launder language to make it more appealing and uplifting.

Tom launders money.

They were laundering money in Algeria.