hate crime
noun
: any of various crimes (such as assault or defacement of property) when motivated by hostility to the victim as a member of a group (such as one based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability)
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Antisemitic hate crimes are at an all-time high; friends, acquaintances, and colleagues who used to wish me a Happy Hanukkah, Happy Passover, or Happy Rosh Hashanah have gone silent. —
Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 24 Apr. 2026 David Justin Gorevitz, 51, who has no permanent address, was charged with hate crime – malicious destruction of personal property over a vandalism incident that was discovered on Wednesday, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said. —Paula Wethington, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026 The Savannah police department hasn’t reported a hate crime to the FBI since before 1991 and, in 2021, stopped reporting crime statistics to the federal agency altogether. —Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 20 Apr. 2026 Richard Marceau, senior vice president of strategic initiatives and general counsel at the Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs, noted that Jewish Canadians are 25 times more likely than any other group to be victims of hate crimes. —Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hate crime
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Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 24 Apr. 2026 David Justin Gorevitz, 51, who has no permanent address, was charged with hate crime – malicious destruction of personal property over a vandalism incident that was discovered on Wednesday, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said. —Paula Wethington, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026 The Savannah police department hasn’t reported a hate crime to the FBI since before 1991 and, in 2021, stopped reporting crime statistics to the federal agency altogether. —Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 20 Apr. 2026 Richard Marceau, senior vice president of strategic initiatives and general counsel at the Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs, noted that Jewish Canadians are 25 times more likely than any other group to be victims of hate crimes. —Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hate crime
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