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 It is not being investigated as a hate crime at this time, police said. — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026 She was also charged with using a computer to commit a crime, punishable with 20 years in prison and a hate crime, which carries a two-year prison term. — Georgea Kovanis, Freep.com, 21 Sep. 2026 Larry Montes, 46, pleaded not guilty to hate crime charges in New York Supreme Court. — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026 Galliano has a prior hate crime conviction after an antisemitism trial in France back in 2011. — Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 3 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

Another factor is the effect of radiation on the chips powering the data centers which can cause errors.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
That's out of nearly 190,000 reports made about the drug over that period, most of which included minor gastrointestinal issues, dosing errors or injection site redness.

— Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of error

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Three weeks into the protest, President Emmanuel Macron's government is struggling to work out how to balance demands for more education spending with the need to rein in public debt.

— Makini Brice, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
If your debt is unmanageable, check with the National Foundation for Credit Counseling to see if a debt management plan might help.

— Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of debt

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New York City has policies that limit local law enforcement from sharing certain information with federal officers or honoring detainer requests unless immigrants have been convicted of violent crimes.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
All three are crime drama-thrillers, the most exportable and ordered of program types, but all three reject tropes of the genre.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of crime

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Denny Hamlin served a safety violation after a tire bounced out of his team’s pit box, sending him to the back of the field temporarily.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2026
Myriad violations, from food that should’ve been trashed weeks earlier to filthy equipment, befouled the state inspection of a West Miami-Dade supermarket this week.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026

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But then in January 2024 a grand jury indicted Baldwin on felony involuntary manslaughter charges and special prosecutors re-filed their case.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026
Hartbower had an outstanding felony arrest warrant on an assault charge out of Yuba City, in neighboring Sutter County, and was on post-release community supervision in Yuba County, police said.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of felony

Noun

Jurors also acquitted him of misdemeanor assault on a federal officer.

— Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2026
Gibson was convicted of unlawful gun possession and misdemeanor resisting arrest for not exiting the elevator, but the jury acquitted him of felony resisting arrest.

— Senior Editor, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

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