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white-collar crime

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noun

  1. 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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Etymology

Origin of white-collar crime

First recorded in 1945–50

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White collar crime expert William Black, professor of economics and law at University of Missouri Kansas City, said US action would soon escalate the scandal.

From The Guardian • Jul. 11, 2012

White collar crime wasn't as good as the Simpsons or Roseanne, so it went largely ignored.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn

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