Example sentences for: money-laundering

How can you use “money-laundering” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Pundits agreed he had botched much of his job but also noted his shrewdness in 1) capturing the world's attention on New Year's Eve; 2) cutting his losses before his communism-busting legacy was further tainted by a money-laundering scandal or the war in Chechnya; and 3) designating his likely successor, who has immunized Yeltsin from prosecution.

  • The NYT and Wall Street Journal run stories reporting that Treasury, State, and White House officials learned last spring of massive Russian money-laundering involving the Bank of New York but didn't pass the information along to Al Gore or President Clinton.

  • The NYT "Money & Business" section profiles Mikhail Khodorkovsky, whose companies are being investigated in relation to the Bank of New York money-laundering operation.

  • A front-page LAT piece on the alleged Bank of New York money-laundering scandal argues that much of the suspicious Russian money is owned by legitimate Russian businessmen who simply do not trust Russian banks or wish to avoid paying excessive taxes to a corrupt government.

  • The Wall Street Journal puts atop its "Worldwide" box the first indictments in the Russian money-laundering case, a story fronted by the other papers.


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