white-collar crime

English

Etymology

Introduced by American sociologist Edwin Sutherland.

Noun

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

Non-violent crime, generally for personal gain and often involving money. [from 1939]
Fraud and embezzlement are examples of white-collar crime.

Translations

non-violent crime

Catalan: delicte de guant blanc m
Dutch: witteboordencriminaliteit (nl) f
Finnish: valkokaulusrikollisuus (fi)
French: délinquance en col blanc (fr) f

Irish: coireacht an bhóna bháin f
Italian: criminalità dei colletti bianchi, reati dei colletti bianchi
Portuguese: crime do colarinho branco m
Spanish: criminalidad de cuello blanco f

See also

white-collar criminal

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