How to Use hate crime in a Sentence

hate crime

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  • Two of the teens’ charges had a hate crime enhancement.
    — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Many of the women who will rest at this site were victims of hate crimes.
    — Chantal Flores, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Intolerance and hate crimes are on the rise in the U.S. and beyond.
    — Keeley Teslik, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • But amid the rise in hate crimes, a small group of activists has vowed to continue its work.
    — John Humphrey Agaba, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2023
  • She was charged with assault as a hate crime, and other charges, the complaint states.
    — Mark Morales, CNN, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Rabbi Chanukov adamantly claims that this was a hate crime.
    — Matteo Cina, Fox News, 6 Feb. 2023
  • And – and lunar new year, is this possibly a hate crime?
    — ABC News, 22 Jan. 2023
  • And so when those of us heard about this shooting, the first thing that came to our minds was, was this an anti-Asian hate crime?
    — ABC News, 23 Jan. 2023
  • These killings have not yet been deemed hate crimes by officials.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 2 Mar. 2023
  • His charges include first-degree murder and two counts of hate crimes.
    — Zohreen Shah, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • With the recent rise in Asian American hate crimes around the United States, this book is a timely must-read.
    — Saleah Blancaflor, Good Housekeeping, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Hate speech alone would not constitute a hate crime under the First Amendment.
    — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Not to recognize that calling for the genocide of a people is awful, is a hate crime.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Reports of hate crimes and hate incidents to the state’s Bias Response Hotline have nearly tripled in the past three years.
    — Agreen, oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The victims of the shootings were all Black, and the attack is being investigated as a hate crime.
    — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Jackson has not been charged with a hate crime, but Solis believes his killing stemmed from bigotry.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
  • My work got started with victims of crime and victims of hate crime, for example.
    — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 15 May 2023
  • Meanwhile, the same dataset saw a 3% increase in anti-Islamic hate crimes.
    — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Prosecutor Brant Levine urged the judges to uphold the hate crime convictions.
    — Blayne Alexander, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Search warrants executed to explore whether the two should be charged with a hate crime turned up the offending texts.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023
  • At the time, the pastor said the incident appeared to be a hate crime directed at the church's mostly Black membership.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Before these details emerged, many in this community thought this might be a hate crime.
    — Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2023
  • In the Chicago area, a landlord is charged with murder and hate crimes for a stabbing that killed a 6-year-old Muslim boy and wounded his mother.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The most common victims of hate crimes outside of schools were also African Americans.
    — Charles Blow, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Late Sunday morning, after learning that the mass shooting may not have been a hate crime, Cen felt some relief.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The incident has shaken the Stanford community, which has been rocked by other hate crimes since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
    — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Ritter faces the maximum penalty of life imprisonment for the hate crime count alone.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Episodic gun violence and hate crimes alike continue to disrupt lives from coast to coast.
    — Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The gunman, 24-year-old Patrick Crusius, pleaded guilty in February to dozens of federal hate crimes and firearms charges.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 July 2023
  • More than one months after the shooting, he has now been charged with second-degree murder with a hate crime enhancement.
    — Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024

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