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hate crime
noun
a crime, usually violent, motivated by prejudice or intolerance toward an individual’s national origin, ethnicity, skin color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.
hate crime
noun
a crime, esp of violence, in which the victim is targeted because of his or her race, religion, sexuality, etc
Example Sentences
It said this was based on current intelligence and previous incidents, including "violent clashes and hate crime offences" between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv fans before a match in Amsterdam in November 2024.
The force added it was now also investigating reports of a hate crime on Friday 10 October and a threats to kill incident on Monday, 6 October.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said Jewish and Muslim communities "continue to experience unacceptable levels of often violent hate crime".
"Today's hate crime statistics show that too many people are living in fear because of who they are, what they believe, or where they come from," she said.
In total, excluding the Met, there were 115,990 hate crime offences recorded by police in the year ending March 2025, up 2% from 113,166 for the previous 12 months.
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