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white-collar crime

noun

  1. any of various crimes, as embezzlement, fraud, or stealing office equipment, committed by business or professional people while working at their occupations.


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Other 51Թ Forms

  • white-collar criminal noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of white-collar crime1

First recorded in 1945–50
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Do you think Tim would feel this doomed about his involvement in a white-collar crime in 2025?

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Companies can indemnify executives, even for criminal charges, she said, though this would typically be in cases of white-collar crime such as fraud and not sex trafficking.

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Due to the amount of money involved, the group could face charges under the aggravated white-collar crime enhancement — a sentencing enhancement that allows a judge to add prison time for white-collar crimes, or nonviolent crimes like fraud or embezzlement.

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The prison term was slightly shorter than the 21-year prison sentence sought by prosecutors, but is still unusually long for a white-collar crime.

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First-off, it is a white-collar crime, and to me, it really seems it was politically motivated because why wasn’t this brought up while he was in office?

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