white-collar crime

English

Etymology

Introduced by American sociologist Edwin Sutherland.

Noun

white-collar crime (countable and uncountable, plural white-collar crimes)

1. Non-violent crime, generally for personal gain and often involving money. [from 1939]

   Fraud and embezzlement are examples of white-collar crime.

Translations

non-violent crime

• Catalan: delicte de guant blanc m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白領犯罪／白领犯罪 (báilǐng fànzuì)

• Dutch: witteboordencriminaliteit (nl) f
• Finnish: valkokaulusrikollisuus (fi)
• French: délinquance en col blanc (fr) f
• Indonesian: kejahatan kelas atas, kejahatan kerah putih (id)
• Irish: coireacht an bhóna bháin f
• Italian: criminalità dei colletti bianchi, reati dei colletti bianchi
• Malay: jenayah kolar putih
• Portuguese: crime do colarinho branco m
• Spanish: criminalidad de cuello blanco f

See also

• white-collar criminal