I think the point is that positive examples do exist, not that there are no negative examples.

money laundering is legitimising illicit profits but disguising them as legitimate income. none of the examples above fits this definition.actually, it is the opposite - protecting your legitimate gains from illegitimate actions of government.

You are right, I am using money laundering to mean 'anonymous monetary transfer of arbitrary size/value', which most governments don't allow as far as I know.

Neither Wikipedia [0], Investopedia [1], nor the International Compliance Association (ICA) [2] seem to agree with your definition.

You seem to confuse a technique to combat money laundering with the laundering itself.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_laundering "Money laundering is the process of transforming the profits of crime and corruption into ostensibly "legitimate" assets."

[1] https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/moneylaundering.asp "Money laundering is the process of creating the appearance that large amounts of money obtained from criminal activity, such as drug trafficking or terrorist activity, originated from a legitimate source."

[2] https://www.int-comp.org/careers/a-career-in-aml/what-is-mon... "Money laundering is the generic term used to describe the process by which criminals disguise the original ownership and control of the proceeds of criminal conduct by making such proceeds appear to have derived from a legitimate source."

If i carry a pocket knife, would you call me stabber? "anonymous monetary transfer of arbitrary size/value" is the knife, money laundering is the stabbing.