洗濯・資金洗浄
解説 Definition
laundering は、衣類や布製品などを洗う「洗濯」を表す名詞です。money laundering では、不正な資金の出所を隠し、合法的な資金のように見せる「資金洗浄」を指します。
Laundering is the act or process of washing clothes, fabrics, or other washable items. In the phrase money laundering, it means concealing the illegal origin of funds by moving or processing them so that they appear to come from legitimate sources.
使い方 Usage
使い分け Common distinctions
- laundering clothes のように目的語を直接続ける形では、launder の動詞用法になります。 When followed directly by an object, as in laundering clothes, laundering is a verb form of launder.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
launder「洗う」に、綴りを変えず -ing を加えた形です。衣類の汚れを落とすイメージを、money laundering では不正な資金の出所を隠すことに結び付けて覚えましょう。
Add -ing to launder, “to wash,” without changing its spelling. Picture dirt being washed from clothing. In money laundering, that cleaning image represents hiding the illegal origin of money.
例文
These clothes need careful laundering.
これらの衣類は丁寧に洗濯する必要があります。
He was arrested for money laundering.
彼は資金洗浄の容疑で逮捕されました。
laundering の類義語・関連語
対義語
紛らわしい語
laundering の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古フランス語「lavanderie」からで、語根はラテン語「lavare(洗う)」。launder(洗濯する)に動名詞接尾辞-ingが付いた形。関連語:laundry, lavatory。資金洗浄(money laundering)の比喩的用法も「汚れを洗い流す」という原義から派生した。
Laundering is the -ing form of launder. Launder developed from the noun launder, historically referring to a washer of linen, and belongs to the same word family as laundry. These forms came through French and are ultimately connected with Latin lavare, “to wash.” The financial sense in money laundering is metaphorical: the illegal origin of “dirty” money is concealed so that the funds appear legitimate or “clean.”
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