I thought money laundering was just providing an explanation for the source of funds: People don't money launder cash to hide where it came from, they money la

I thought money laundering was just providing an explanation for the source of funds: People don't money launder cash to hide where it came from, they money launder cash to provide a reason why they have it. It sounds like the same thing, but it those are really two different things. (I'm not a Tornado Cash proponent, but I am a digital financial privacy proponent; I support the Monero project.)