hate crime
a crime, usually violent, motivated by prejudice or intolerance toward an individual’s national origin, ethnicity, skin color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.
- Also called bias crime .
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How to use hate crime in a sentence
Indeed, the NYPD has still not labeled this attack a hate crime.
Europeans are reluctant to describe the Brussels museum shooting as an anti-Semitic hate crime.
Overall, an estimated 60 percent of total and violent hate crime victimizations were not reported to police in 2012.
Hate Crime Victimization Statistics Show Rise in Anti-Hispanic Crime | Abby Haglage | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith the knowledge of how many go unreported, the BJS survey is seen as a more accurate portrayal of hate crime in America.
Hate Crime Victimization Statistics Show Rise in Anti-Hispanic Crime | Abby Haglage | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASThate crime statutes exist in many jurisdictions where bias-motivated crimes are given more severe penalties.
British Dictionary definitions for hate crime
a crime, esp of violence, in which the victim is targeted because of his or her race, religion, sexuality, etc
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