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white-collar crime

American  

noun

  1. any of various crimes, as embezzlement, fraud, or stealing office equipment, committed by business or professional people while working at their occupations.

Other Word Forms

  • white-collar criminal noun

Etymology

Origin of white-collar crime

First recorded in 1945–50

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