HATE CRIME Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

hate crime

noun

Definition of hate crime

as in bias crime

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Recent Examples of hate crime There were 19 antisemitic hate crime incidents this year, while August 2025 had 22, the statistics show. — Mark Morales, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026 Police in Arizona confirmed that a shooting at a Tucson gay bar that left three people dead, including the shooter, was a hate crime. — Rebecca Boone, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 The Galliano exhibition had faced controversy from the start, as many fixated on antisemitic and anti-Asian comments made by the British designer more than a decade ago, along with his 2011 hate crime conviction in France. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 2 Sep. 2026 The Associated Press Police in Arizona have confirmed that a shooting at a Tucson gay bar that left three people dead, including the shooter, was a hate crime. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hate crime

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Noun

The department also has a dedicated officer who tracks bias crimes and serves as a liaison with the LGBTQ community.

— Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2025
The police report does not list the incident as a hate/bias crime.

— Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 14 Aug. 2025

Definition of bias crime

Noun

Multiple commenters were still unable to see it, and were getting the same error, as did Fortune.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
After committing a throwing error on a pickoff attempt that advanced the potential tying run to second base, O'Brien fanned rookie Cole Carrigg to end it.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of error

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The yield on French 10-year bonds was about 88 basis points above equivalent German yields, nearing the highest spread since Europe’s debt crisis in 2012.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
Italy's debt-to-GDP ratio reversed its downward trajectory in 2024, according to EU data, driven mainly by a Covid-era policy giving tax credits for housing renovations.

— Jenni Reid,Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of debt

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At the end of August, Peru declared a 60-day state of emergency in Lima and the port of Callao due to the rise in crime and created a committee of officials to coordinate the police.

— MATTHEW LEE, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
Elements of supernatural fantasy mingle with the beats of a crime procedural as the sisters become the subjects of an investigation.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of crime

Noun

Under Arkansas law, anyone selling alcohol on a Sunday without a permit can be found guilty of a violation fined up to $250.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
Both men were denied parole last year, in part because of their use of contraband cellphones and other violations of prison rules.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of violation

Noun

The former has hit mostly figures of the country's opposition, while the latter has raised questions of wrongdoing by one of Lula's sons.

— MAURICIO SAVARESE, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
In 2022, after Foulkes had left CVS, the company agreed to pay $5 billion to settle lawsuits nationwide over the toll of opioids without admitting wrongdoing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of wrongdoing

Noun

After a 2-year-old drowned in a backyard swimming pool in July 2025, Fatehi considered filing felony murder charges against his mother, who had passed out from drinking at the time of the accident.

— N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
Earlier this year, Johnson ordered Chicago police to collect evidence for possible felony charges against agents.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of felony

Noun

But, after criticism from Mayor Karen Bass and others, the district attorney downgraded the counts to misdemeanors with a diversion agreement that will probably allow Flores to avoid any time behind bars.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
McManus, 50, was arrested and charged with misdemeanor child abuse, officials said.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2026

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