Example sentences for: white-collar

How can you use “white-collar” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • They might accept it for white-collar cases, since white-collar defendants almost never submit to police interrogations.

  • The bureau concentrates its energies on convicting thousands of drug dealers and bank robbers (who should be chased by local authorities), but mostly ignores white-collar crime.

  • Second, priorities were driven at the local level by the field offices, whose concerns centered on traditional crimes such as white-collar offenses and those pertaining to drugs and gangs.

  • According to the New York Times , it has adapted to the losses by shifting to white-collar crime . Major new scams include collaboration with small brokerage houses in stock-tampering schemes, and the manufacturing of faulty prepaid telephone calling cards sold at convenience stores.

  • It also slashed payrolls, cutting the white-collar work force in half and the blue-collar work force by almost a quarter.


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