洗钱

Today's phrase, 'Money laundering'. If you like a good crime story, or even if you regularly wash your clothing, it's possible you're familiar with the word 'laundry', a noun to describe a place where washing is done, or the clothes which need to be washed, as in 'to do the laundry'. You're probably thinking, 'What's grime got to do with crime?' Well, another word for washing or to do the washing is 'to launder'. When something has been washed, it's been laundered. Criminals have money from the proceeds of crime, perhaps from selling drugs or people smuggling.