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white-collar crime

White-collar crime is defined as illegal acts committed while working in a government or professional capacity.

(noun)

Insider trading, identity theft, embezzlement and financial fraud by bankers are examples of white-collar crimes.

See white-collar crime in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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a crime, as fraud, embezzlement, etc., committed by a person in business, government, or a profession in the course of occupational activities

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