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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bias crime
Noun
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Counterterrorism police are investigating the fire as an antisemitic hate crime.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Counterterror police are investigating the fire as an antisemitic hate crime.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Two throwing errors — one by right fielder Jake Fraley, the other by catcher Hunter Feduccia — helped the Cubs score two more runs before Boyle could escape.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Conforto settled for a two-run double with a third run scoring when Dansby Swanson raced home as the Rays committed two errors on the relay.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage?—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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The ranger called crime-scene investigators to the location.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Magyar may be charged with and convicted of some violation of the law that disqualifies him from public life.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Violence is used to enforce discipline, and those accused of theft or rule violations may be executed or disappeared.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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As part of a two-question ballot measure, the Hickman Mills School District is asking voters to approve a general obligation bond to pay down the district’s debt.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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People were more likely to fall behind in debt payments, for example, see their credit score drop, file for bankruptcy and face foreclosure.—
Jennifer Ludden,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Bias crime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bias%20crime. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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