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noun

a crime, usually violent, motivated by prejudice or intolerance toward an individual’s national origin, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability.

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Also called bias crime .

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How to use hate crime in a sentence

The investigation led to the arrest of a man who was ultimately convicted of a hate crime.
Blanca Kling, a pillar in the Latino community who helped thousands of crime victims, dies of complications of covid-19|Luz Lazo|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
Higher levels of economic inequality, after all, are correlated with an increase in hate crimes.
Our Radicalized Republic|Maggie Koerth (maggie.koerth-baker@fivethirtyeight.com)|January 25, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Authorities rarely file charges of domestic terrorism against suspected American extremists, resorting instead to prosecutions for hate crimes, illegal gun possession and other federal or state violations.
Domestic Terrorism: A More Urgent Threat, but Weaker Laws|by Sebastian Rotella|January 8, 2021|ProPublica
It will be up to prosecutors to decide whether to seek a hate crime enhancement, and that was not discussed at the hearing.
Proud Boys leader barred from District by judge following his arrest|Peter Hermann, Keith L. Alexander|January 6, 2021|Washington Post

Among other remedies the new provision provides civil damages for victims of up to $10,000 per hate crimes act.
D.C. Council approves bill banning LGBTQ panic defense|Lou Chibbaro Jr.|December 16, 2020|Washington Blade
Empire will be hate-watched and may set off some conversations on its way from fading from our minds.
‘Empire’ Review: Hip-Hop Musical Chairs with an Insane Soap Opera Twist|Judnick Mayard|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Did he denounce the involvement of organized crime in the abduction and disappearance of 43 students in the nearby city of Iguala?
Mexico’s Priests Are Marked for Murder|Jason McGahan|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It's cheesy and ludicrous and, therefore, delightful; it's the reading equivalent of hate-watching.
‘A Gronking to Remember’ Speed Read: 8 Naughtiest Bits|Emily Shire|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But they say its effect on the regular daily operation of organized crime has been negligible.
Mexico’s Priests Are Marked for Murder|Jason McGahan|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The anti-crime cops began searching the likely path of flight.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I hate to be long at my toilette at any time; but to delay much in such a matter while travelling is folly.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
And Punch would get out of bed with raging hate in his heart against all the world, seen and unseen.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
He was thrashed at school before the Jews and the hubshi, for the heinous crime of bringing home false reports of progress.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
At that moment the crime and inefficacy of bloodshed, in avenging injuries like his, or any injuries, struck upon his soul.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
He knew that the whole fabric of crime was due to the human reading of His "revelation" to man.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford

British Dictionary definitions for hate crime

hate crime

noun

a crime, esp of violence, in which the victim is targeted because of his or her race, religion, sexuality, etc

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