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Definition white-collar in American English

white-collar adjective

adjective
1

white-collar workers work in offices rather than doing physical work. People who do physical work in places such as factories and mines are called blue-collar workers.

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2

white-collar crimes are crimes in which people who work in offices steal money from the company that they work for

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Definition white-collar in American English