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white-collar crime
noun
- any of various crimes, as embezzlement, fraud, or stealing office equipment, committed by business or professional people while working at their occupations.
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- white-collar criminal noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of white-collar crime1
First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences
Rakoff reverted to form, living up to his growing reputation as a judge who is soft on white-collar crime.
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He called them “an ever more draconian approach to white collar crime, unsupported by any empirical data.”
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Allan Dodds Frank is a business investigative correspondent who specializes in white-collar crime stories.
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Allan Dodds Frank is a business investigative correspondent who specializes in white collar crime stories.
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In its 85-year history, none of its consultants, until now, have been publicly linked to any sort of white-collar crime.
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