If you obtain funds illicitly and transmit them round-trip through a 3rd party, lossily, such that the 3rd party and any outside observer such as the government

If you obtain funds illicitly and transmit them round-trip through a 3rd party, lossily, such that the 3rd party and any outside observer such as the government are unaware that you are both sides, you are laundering money. But please tell me what money laundering is and is not. It's not like I have a close to a decade of real world experience in an industry whose primary goals include combating it and working with relevant authorities.