white collar

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Definition of white collar in English English dictionary

white collar crime
felony which affects the money of officials or business people
white collar worker
official, business people
white-collar
Pertaining to the culture of white-collar workers, as values, politics, etc.; contrasted with blue-collar
white-collar
Of or pertaining to office work and workers; contrasted with blue-collar
white-collar crime
A non-violent crime, generally for personal gain and often involving money
white-collar crimes
plural form of white-collar crime
white-collar worker
A salaried professional or clerical worker
white-collar crime
Within the field of criminology, white-collar crime or 'incorporated governance' has been defined by Edwin Sutherland "...as a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation." Sutherland was a proponent of Symbolic Interactionism, and believed that criminal behaviour was learned from interpersonal interaction with others. White-collar crime therefore overlaps with corporate crime because the opportunity for fraud, bribery, insider trading, embezzlement, computer crime, and forgery is more available to white-collar employees
white-collar
those having professions free of hard labor, office and professional workers, managerial and clerical apparatus
white-collar
of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers; "the coal miner's son aspired to a white-collar occupation as a bookkeeper
white-collar
White-collar workers work in offices rather than doing physical work such as making things in factories or building things. White-collar workers now work longer hours. blue-collar
white-collar
White-collar crime is committed by people who work in offices, and involves stealing money secretly from companies or the government, or getting money in an illegal way
white-collar workers
business people, people with independent jobs
white collar

    Hyphenation

    White col·lar

    Turkish pronunciation

    hwayt kälır

    Pronunciation

    /ˈhwīt ˈkälər/ /ˈhwaɪt ˈkɑːlɜr/
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