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white-collar criminal

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[wahyt-kahl-er krim-uhn-uhl] / ˌwaɪtˈkɑl ər ˈkrɪm ən əl /

noun

white-collar criminals, plural white-collar criminality plural
  1. a person who commits white-collar crime, such as embezzlement or fraud.


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Pollack, a college basketball fan and Georgetown Law alum who is now in his early 60s, got his start at Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, a boutique white-collar criminal defense firm.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 8, 2026

Still, Diane Peress, a former white-collar criminal prosecutor who is an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said trying a case without a defendant in the courtroom could present challenges.

From Seattle Times Apr. 14, 2024

“If that’s his story and he’s sticking to it, he better hope and pray that’s the truth,” said David Weinstein, a former federal prosecutor who now has a white-collar criminal defense practice.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 28, 2024

Kaplan is “the worst possible draw for Trump” because he’s “really smart and takes no guff from either side,” veteran white-collar criminal defense lawyer Robert Katzberg told the Post.

From Salon Jan. 22, 2024

The threat he posed prompted the era’s most senior, distinguished members of New York’s white-collar criminal defense bar—principally, Bob Morvillo, Gus Newman, and Norman Ostrow—to create the New York Council of Defense Lawyers.

From Slate Jun. 29, 2023

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