witwassen

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Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compound of wit +‎ wassen. The sense “to launder (money)” was influenced by English launder.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɪtˌʋɑ.sə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: wit‧was‧sen

Verb

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witwassen

  1. (transitive) to wash up, clean especially with a whitening agent
  2. (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

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Conjugation of witwassen (weak with strong past participle, separable)
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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