witwassen
Dutch
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editEtymology
editCompound of wit + wassen. The sense “to launder (money)” was influenced by English launder.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editwitwassen
- (transitive) to wash up, clean especially with a whitening agent
- (transitive) to launder (money); to guise (something illegal) as legal
- 2012 December 20, Joris Luyendijk, “Doem en Gloem”, in NRC:
- de Britse bank HSBC krijgt een boete van 2 miljard dollar voor onder meer het witwassen van drugsgeld
- the British bank HSBC received a 2 billion dollar fine for, among other things, laundering drug money.
Conjugation
editConjugation of witwassen (weak with strong past participle, separable) | ||||
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infinitive | witwassen | |||
past singular | waste wit | |||
past participle | witgewassen | |||
infinitive | witwassen | |||
gerund | witwassen n | |||
main clause | subordinate clause | |||
present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
1st person singular | was wit | waste wit | witwas | witwaste |
2nd person sing. (jij) | wast wit, was wit2 | waste wit | witwast | witwaste |
2nd person sing. (u) | wast wit | waste wit | witwast | witwaste |
2nd person sing. (gij) | wast wit | waste wit | witwast | witwaste |
3rd person singular | wast wit | waste wit | witwast | witwaste |
plural | wassen wit | wasten wit | witwassen | witwasten |
subjunctive sing.1 | wasse wit | waste wit | witwasse | witwaste |
subjunctive plur.1 | wassen wit | wasten wit | witwassen | witwasten |
imperative sing. | was wit | |||
imperative plur.1 | wast wit | |||
participles | witwassend | witgewassen | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
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