white-collar crime

idiom

: crime that typically involves stealing money from a company and that is done by people who have important positions in the company : crime committed by white-collar workers
Embezzlement is a white-collar crime.

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Recent Examples on the Web Scammers are getting more sophisticated, says Steve Weisman, a professor at Bentley University and an expert on white-collar crime. Christopher Elliott, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2023 The department also will require every company that reaches a resolution with its criminal division to structure its compensation and bonus programs so that bad behaviors will be punished, Monaco said Thursday at a conference in Miami on white-collar crime. Chris Strohm and Benjamin Penn, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2023 After Michael Bluth's father, George Bluth Sr., ends up in prison for a white-collar crime, Michael must stay in Orange County to run the family real estate business. Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023 The White House’s focus on white-collar crime is alive and well in other areas as well, lawyers speaking at the WSJ Risk & Compliance Forum said, pointing to the Justice Department’s focus on sanctions as an example. Jennifer Williams-Alvarez, WSJ, 10 May 2022 See all Example Sentences for white-collar crime 

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Legal Definition

white-collar crime

noun
white-col·​lar crime
ˈhwīt-ˈkä-lər-
: crime that is committed by salaried professional workers or persons in business and that usually involves a form of financial theft or fraud (as in securities dealing)
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