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white-collar crime

white-collar crime noun: non-violent crime, generally for personal gain and often involving money.

Noun

white-collar crime (countable and uncountable, plural white-collar crimes)

  1. Non-violent crime, generally for personal gain and often involving money.
    • Fraud and embezzlement are examples of white-collar crime.

white-collar crime meaning in Malay and Indonesian

white-collar crime in Malay

non-violent crime
jenayah kolar putih

white-collar crime in Indonesian

non-violent crime
kejahatan kelas atas, kejahatan kerah putih

Forms of white-collar crime

pluralwhite-collar crimes

Origin of white-collar crime

Introduced by American sociologist Edwin Sutherland.

Questions about white-collar crime

What does white-collar crime mean?
White-collar crime means non-violent crime, generally for personal gain and often involving money.
What is white-collar crime in Malay?
White-collar crime in Malay is jenayah kolar putih. See White-collar crime meaning in Malay.
What part of speech is white-collar crime?
White-collar crime is a noun.
What is the plural of white-collar crime?
The plural of white-collar crime is white-collar crimes.

Words near white-collar crime in the dictionary

  1. white-coat hypertension
  2. white-coater
  3. white-coaters
  4. white-collar
  5. white-collar boxing
  6. white-collar crime
  7. white-collar crimes
  8. white-collar criminal
  9. white-collar criminals
  10. white-collar work
  11. white-collar worker

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