The act of using a gift card to purchase another gift card of equal or slightly greater value in order to hide the fact that you're just regifting the original gift card.
After I do some gift card laundering at the mall today, these gift cards I got last Christmas will be squeaky clean and ready for regifting. No one will ever catch on to my operation - muhahaHAHA!
by Jeema December 7, 2009
Get the gift card laundering mug.Reputational laundering - the act of appearing to do good publicly in order to offset a negative image. A technique usually employed by individuals or corporations who have made their money in a morally questionable fashion and who wish to appear to have a moral conscience.
Reputational laundering often comes in the form of Corporate Social Responsibility, where a relatively trivial sum of profits are donated by the corporation to fund socially oriented activities in order to suggest that the corporation is socially responsible.
An example, often sited, would be major oil companies giving charitable funds to communities in the Nigeria Delta whose original livelihoods they were implicit in destroying through the extraction of crude oil.
However the practice of reputational laundering is by no means exclusive to corporations. Many morally bankrupt individuals donate money to charity in order that they are seen to care about social or environmental issues. As an added benefit to their undeservedly improved public image they also enjoy significant tax breaks on their donations.
Reputational laundering often comes in the form of Corporate Social Responsibility, where a relatively trivial sum of profits are donated by the corporation to fund socially oriented activities in order to suggest that the corporation is socially responsible.
An example, often sited, would be major oil companies giving charitable funds to communities in the Nigeria Delta whose original livelihoods they were implicit in destroying through the extraction of crude oil.
However the practice of reputational laundering is by no means exclusive to corporations. Many morally bankrupt individuals donate money to charity in order that they are seen to care about social or environmental issues. As an added benefit to their undeservedly improved public image they also enjoy significant tax breaks on their donations.
Given that it has just paid record fines for insider trading, PJ Gorman’s effort to support a youth programme in the inner city is little more than reputational laundering.
by katrinmacmillan May 11, 2016
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Leander stands for Lion man and exhibits this connection at every turn, a true king of the jungle he waits until it is time and then and only then shows his true strength. Some say he is a Sheep dog gentle with the soft sheep and strong enough to protect the pack from predators. In any case Leander is fun, exciting and spontaneous. Full of fire.
by TruthSurfer February 4, 2010
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by HighwayRobber November 17, 2015
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These reputational laundering attempts coming out in the final hours of the Trump White House are fooling no one.
by 45 exits the building January 9, 2021
Get the Reputational laundering mug.In sport fishing: When one of your "buddies" steals a fish you were trying to catch by rudely casting their bait in the same spot as yours. By luck they hook and land the fish that was destined for your bait.
Generic definition: An asshole that steals the glory from the person who did all the work.
Generic definition: An asshole that steals the glory from the person who did all the work.
Scott made the perfect cast to catch that musky, but Chris landeruded him by casting in the same spot and caught it first.
by Websters new August 7, 2014
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by Lo lo rabbit January 22, 2020
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