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hate crime

noun

a crime, usually violent, motivated by prejudice or intolerance toward an individual’s national origin, ethnicity, skin color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.

hate crime

noun

a crime, esp of violence, in which the victim is targeted because of his or her race, religion, sexuality, etc

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Lord Bracadale was then appointed by the Scottish government to lead an independent review of hate crime legislation.

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"These gentlemen don't need to be on a stage they need to be in a courtroom because it is a hate crime what they are doing," he added.

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After the November presidential election, the friends experienced their first hate crime in Hollywood when a car passing by shot them with airsoft pellets and yelled a gay slur.

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“Neither of us was interested in being passive victims of a hate crime in our own neighborhood.”

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John Williams, 30, was arrested Sunday and booked at the Ventura County Jail on suspicion of vandalism, a hate crime and a parole violation after officers connected him to at least five reports of spray-painted swastikas, according to the Ventura Police Department.

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