bias crime

noun

Definition of bias crimenext
as in hate crime

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Recent Examples of bias crime Through last Sunday, bias crimes in the city were down 18% this year, with 18 incidents compared to 22 by this time last year. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2025 Hay was arrested and booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on assault and bias crime charges, officials said. — Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 21 May 2024 Because of the victim’s profile, the police had designated the attack a bias crime. — Longreads, 4 Apr. 2024 Those numbers have continued to rise in the first month of 2024 as the NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force has seen a 12% increase in bias crimes, according to police department statistics. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for bias crime
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bias crime
  1. hate crime
  2. error
  3. crime
  4. violation
  5. debt
Noun
  • Larry Montes faces two counts of assault as a hate crime and one count of criminal mischief as a hate crime, among other charges, New York City Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch said late Friday.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Larry Montes, 46, of the Bronx, faces two counts of assault as a hate crime and one count of criminal mischief as a hate crime, among other charges, Tisch said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of hate crime
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  • But in Saturday’s game, the cornerback’s tendency to commit errors popped up, as he was flagged for two penalties in coverage.
    — Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The Guardians tacked on two more in the seventh on a play in which Kwan was credited for a steal of home and two errors were charged to Padres second baseman Jake Cronenworth, who dropped a throw and threw wildly to third.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of error
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  • The scene of the crime, 30 years later There is no monument to Shakur at the corner of Flamingo Road and Koval Lane where he was shot.
    — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Laws regarding incarceration of youthful offenders — age 25 or younger at the time of the crime — have evolved since the siblings were tried.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of crime
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  • Miles says similar texts were sent to others about the recall, and that the texts constitute quid pro quo, a major ethics violation.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The party also viewed Yabloko’s stance on Ukraine as unlawful and tantamount to calling for the violation of Russia’s territorial integrity.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of violation
Noun
  • That structure could help OpenAI secure large amounts of debt.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Nvidia had put as much as $2 billion into xAI in 2025 by way of a financing that included equity and debt in a special purpose vehicle designed to buy its processors for xAI’s massive computing project, Bloomberg reported at the time.
    — Lynn Doan, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of debt

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