Wash wash

🇰🇪 Kenya
Added August 02, 2025
TOP DEFINITION
Kenyan slang for money laundering and fake money schemes. It became famous after media exposés of cartels that 'wash' dirty money (sometimes literally washing dyed paper to appear as currency). It refers to any quick-rich scam involving fraud and laundering.
"That politician's wealth is suspected to be wash wash – people say he printed fake dollars. (Meaning: That politician's wealth is suspected to come from money laundering scams – people allege he dealt in counterfeit dollars.)"
by Khulekani Dladla August 02, 2025
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