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–noun
| a crime, usually violent, motivated by prejudice or intolerance toward a member of a gender, racial, religious, or social group. |
Also called bias crime.
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| hate crime n. A crime motivated by prejudice against a social group: "[His]murders were hate crimes targeting victims by gender" (Jane Caputi and Diana E.H. Russell). |
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Main Entry: hate crime
Function: noun
: a crime that violates the victim's civil rights and that is motivated by hostility to the victim's race, religion, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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