Because its a covering instead of saying underhanded or sneaky or tricking users.

“I didn’t steal, I was just quietly sneaking money from their wallet!”

Maybe that used to be the case but the USA does it different

Insane that that seems to be an impossible bar this decade

They all have a mental disorder of some kind, like narcissism or psychopathy, or similar behavior-driving things going on; they compulsively act the way they do, and they find themselves coming out ahead or winning due to factors being skewed in their favor (born wealthy) or because their environment supports it (if an oil baron is willing to kill like a gangster and it scares business people into working with them, they get contracts/rewards). The same things that give them ‘success’ in the world is also ruinous to their lives/the lives of people exposed to them