When to Rob a Bank, with Freakonomics' Stephen J. Dubner

arose

(past tense of arise) came into being; appeared

a day off

a day when you are not required to work

$# worth

at a value of $#

white collar crime

crime committed by people of high social position in the course of their occupations

it turns out that

in the end we discover that

payday

the day on which a worker receives their pay

to be found out

to be discovered, usually doing something dishonest

to grow out of

to develop from

to embezzle

to steal money by falsifying records (détourner, escroquer)

to resort to

to turn to (recourir à)

haul

what is taken or caught (la prise)