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white collar crime
This term describes financial crimes committed by people in professional or high-status positions. It carries a connotation of sophistication and deception, contrasting with "blue collar crime," which typically refers to street-level or manual-labor-related offenses. The phrase emphasizes the social class of the perpetrator rather than the nature of the act itself.
Because it refers to a category of criminal activity, it is treated as an uncountable noun in most contexts. You would refer to "white collar crime" as a general phenomenon or "acts of white collar crime" when referring to specific instances.
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