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 color, creed, gender, or sexual orientation)
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Police told him the incident didn’t rise to the level of a hate crime so they were left to choose whether to pull their child from school.
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Calmatters, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
Another act of vandalism — which the Davis police are also investigating as a hate crime — happened at a home not far from the first incident, in the 1100 block of L Street, on the same day.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 16 Apr. 2024
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Calmatters, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
Another act of vandalism — which the Davis police are also investigating as a hate crime — happened at a home not far from the first incident, in the 1100 block of L Street, on the same day.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 16 Apr. 2024
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“Hate crime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hate%20crime. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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