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.

First recorded in 1945–50

Rakoff reverted to form, living up to his growing reputation as a judge who is soft on white-collar crime.

He called them “an ever more draconian approach to white collar crime, unsupported by any empirical data.”

Allan Dodds Frank is a business investigative correspondent who specializes in white-collar crime stories.

Allan Dodds Frank is a business investigative correspondent who specializes in white collar crime stories.

In its 85-year history, none of its consultants, until now, have been publicly linked to any sort of white-collar crime.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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