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white-col·lar
 white-collar
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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of, pertaining to, belonging to, or done by workers whose work does not involve manual labor. (Cf. blue-collar.)
The company has over two hundred people in white-collar jobs. |
| definition 2: |
of a crime, causing harm but not involving physical violence or damage to physical property, and, nowadays, usually committed using computer technology.
Fraud, embezzlement, and tax evasion are some of the white-collar crimes that people commit. |
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