HAWALA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hawala mean? 

• HAWALA (noun)
  The noun HAWALA has 1 sense:

1. an underground banking system based on trust whereby money can be made available internationally without actually moving it or leaving a record of the transaction

  Familiarity information: HAWALA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAWALA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An underground banking system based on trust whereby money can be made available internationally without actually moving it or leaving a record of the transaction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Context example:

terrorists make extensive use of hawala

Hypernyms ("hawala" is a kind of...):

banking industry; banking system (banks collectively)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)