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white-collar criminal
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌwaɪt.kɒl.ə ˈkrɪm.ɪ.nəl/ us /ˌwaɪt.kɑː.lɚ ˈkrɪm.ə.nəl/
a white-collar worker (= someone who works in an office or a similar place), usually a professional person(= a person who has the type of job that involves a high level of education and training), who commits a crime in connection with their work:
The law is intended to crack down on white-collar criminals who lie about their companies' financial health.
White-collar criminals do damage by destroying people's pensions, personal savings, and financial security.
The case is a reminder that we invest too little in catching white-collar criminals.
Most Salt Lake City agents chase white-collar criminals rather than evil Hannibal Lecter-types.
People are losing their life savings at the hands of these so-called white-collar criminals whose schemes are getting much bigger and more complex.
Roughly two-thirds of the inmates are there for drugs, and only about two percent are white-collar criminals convicted of embezzlement and the like.
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accessory
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wrongdoer
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