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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
Stones were thrown at the windows of a hotel in Newtownabbey and a car was set on fire in Hesketh Gardens in Belfast, which police are treating a racially motivated hate crime.
She said her remarks reflected her view that hate crime against LGBTQ+ people was "being politicised" and "most people weren’t aware of the issue".
The suspect’s charges include a federal hate crime.
Mohamed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian man, was arrested and charged with a federal hate crime and multiple state charges of attempted murder, assault, and possession of an incendiary device after he allegedly threw several Molotov cocktails into a crowd during a march in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday.
Joss was shot dead, in what his husband called a homophobic hate crime, although police in Texas say there is no evidence of this.
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