HATE CRIMES Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

hate crimes

noun

plural of hate crime

as in bias crimes

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For instance, although Russia is not an ICC state party, Vladimir Putin has been indicted for crimes committed in Ukraine, which has accepted the jurisdiction of the court since 2014.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 8 Nov. 2026
Eisenberg was sworn in as assistant attorney general in charge of the department's National Security Division in June 2025 and oversaw cases involving espionage, terrorism, export control violations, cyber crimes and other matters.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of crimes

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But officials there said that the list appeared to be filled with errors and that setting the ballots aside could effectively disenfranchise legal voters.

— Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
The proposal would also establish that technical errors or inadvertent mistakes in the process cannot be a basis to stop the project.

— Digital Producer, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of errors

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Miami Beach code compliance officers also checked on the polling station at least six times for possible loud music and signage code adherence pertaining to Basabe, although no violations were issued, records show.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
On Tuesday, the Department of Justice will be sending 1,000 election monitors to all 50 states, including Minnesota, to report any voting violations.

— John Lauritsen, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of violations

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To recover from the financial disaster, Twain was compelled to hit the lecture circuit, traveling the world and eventually earning enough to pay back all his debts.

— Aaron Glantz, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2026
Sam, having already been married once—and saddled with not only his father’s debts but, more to the point, his ex-wife’s alimony—has a different view.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of debts

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Yet Russ Anello, who served as deputy counsel to President Biden and previously as the staff director of the House Oversight Committee, believes that Congress will be able to examine many of the Administration’s apparent misdeeds.

— Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2026
At the end of the novel the truth is revealed, and the criminal justice system holds the president appropriately accountable for his misdeeds.

— David Baldacci, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026

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