"Commercial" words (WAS: plural people)

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  And, like
>Victoria, vide infra, I also have the impression that "launder" is a word
>extinct in the wild.
>
>-Wilson
>
>
>Like the verb 'launder'?
>>
>> Victoria
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Depends what you consider "wild."  There was an item on this morning's news
regarding some scam or other that served "to launder money."
Acc. OED, it's been around since late 16th Cent., possibly a back formation
from "laundry," which had been around from early 15th.
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