white-collar
adjective7 collocationsAvg. frequency: 7.6
refers to financially motivated, nonviolent crime committed by business and government professionals.
a person who performs professional, desk, managerial, or administrative work.
a job in an office or administrative setting, rather than one involving manual labor.
a person who commits a white-collar crime.
an employee who performs professional, desk, managerial, or administrative work.
an occupation involving professional or administrative work.
the state of being employed in a white-collar job.