Meanings
nounwhite-collar crime (countable and uncountable, plural white-collar crimes)
plural white-collar crimes
Origin
Introduced by American sociologist Edwin Sutherland.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan delicte de guant blanc
- delicte de guant blancnon-violent crime
Chinese Mandarin 白領犯罪 /白领犯罪
- 白領犯罪 /白领犯罪 (báilǐng fànzuì)non-violent crime
Dutch witteboordencriminaliteit
- witteboordencriminaliteitnon-violent crime
Finnish valkokaulusrikollisuus
- valkokaulusrikollisuusnon-violent crime
French délinquance en col blanc, crime en col blanc
- délinquance en col blancnon-violent crime
- crime en col blancnon-violent crime
German Wirtschaftskriminalität
- Wirtschaftskriminalitätnon-violent crime
Indonesian kejahatan kelas atas, kejahatan kerah putih
- kejahatan kelas atasnon-violent crime
- kejahatan kerah putihnon-violent crime
Irish coireacht an bhóna bháin
- coireacht an bhóna bháinnon-violent crime
Italian criminalità dei colletti bianchi, reati dei colletti bianchi
- criminalità dei colletti bianchinon-violent crime
- reati dei colletti bianchinon-violent crime
Malay jenayah kolar putih
- jenayah kolar putihnon-violent crime
Portuguese crime do colarinho branco
- crime do colarinho branconon-violent crime
Spanish criminalidad de cuello blanco
- criminalidad de cuello blanconon-violent crime
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APA
white-collar crime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white-collar%20crime
MLA
“white-collar crime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white-collar%20crime. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “white-collar crime,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white-collar%20crime.
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