Of or pertaining to office work and workers; contrasted withblue-collar.
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Pertaining to the culture of white-collar workers, as values, politics, etc.; contrasted withblue-collar.
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Origin of white-collar
From the color of dress shirts worn by professional and clerical workers, as opposed to the rugged denim and chambray shirts normally worn by manual workers.
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White-collar Sentence Examples
Once Napster was stopped from being a candy store to white-collar pirates, all of its little offshoots would see a decline in file availability.
Or would you prefer to land a white-collar job and work with Donald Trump on The Apprentice?
Bank fraud and identity theft unfortunately occurs frequently, and these white-collar crimes are often committed over periods of years and can go unnoticed for quite some time.
The comparison with white collar workers was performed to control for other occupational lung carcinogens.
It is linked to individuals practicing sophisticated sorcery and spirit channeling while at the same time working as white collar professionals.