How to Use hate crime in a Sentence

hate crime

noun
  • This led some who live on the block to believe the fires were a hate crime.
    Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun, 5 Oct. 2022
  • An Alsip man was charged with a felony hate crime in connection with the incident.
    Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2022
  • But university officials said an incident that took place on Sept. 7 appeared to be a hate crime.
    Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2022
  • Police later released surveillance footage of the suspects and classified the incidents as hate crimes.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Prosecutors are seeking hate crime enhancements that could lengthen Young’s prison sentence.
    Tony Briscoe, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Ceballos said Callaway also pleaded no contest to a hate crime allegation.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2022
  • An assault near UC Berkeley is being investigated as an anti-Asian hate crime.
    Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Kaul wants to fund a 24-hour hate crime hotline to help increase the number of times these crimes are reported so law enforcement can better address hate crimes in Wisconsin.
    Corrinne Hess, Journal Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2022
  • University of California police say that an anti-Asian hate crime took place Monday morning near campus.
    Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Some congressional lawmakers described the shooting as a hate crime and called on federal authorities to investigate.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Two of the teens’ charges had a hate crime enhancement.
    Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The shooter of two Jewish men in L.A. agrees to plead guilty to hate crimes.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
  • Many of the women who will rest at this site were victims of hate crimes.
    Chantal Flores, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The alleged hate crime is the latest in a string of incidents in the city.
    Mark Morales, CNN, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Intolerance and hate crimes are on the rise in the U.S. and beyond.
    Keeley Teslik, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • But amid the rise in hate crimes, a small group of activists has vowed to continue its work.
    John Humphrey Agaba, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2023
  • She was charged with assault as a hate crime, and other charges, the complaint states.
    Mark Morales, CNN, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Rabbi Chanukov adamantly claims that this was a hate crime.
    Matteo Cina, Fox News, 6 Feb. 2023
  • And – and lunar new year, is this possibly a hate crime?
    ABC News, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Lynch has not been charged in connection with that crime, nor has he been charged with a hate crime.
    John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Nov. 2022
  • And so when those of us heard about this shooting, the first thing that came to our minds was, was this an anti-Asian hate crime?
    ABC News, 23 Jan. 2023
  • These killings have not yet been deemed hate crimes by officials.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 2 Mar. 2023
  • His charges include first-degree murder and two counts of hate crimes.
    Zohreen Shah, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Fields is serving a life sentence for murder and hate crimes.
    Nic F. Anderson, CNN, 3 July 2024
  • Police told him the incident didn’t rise to the level of a hate crime so they were left to choose whether to pull their child from school.
    Calmatters, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
  • With the recent rise in Asian American hate crimes around the United States, this book is a timely must-read.
    Saleah Blancaflor, Good Housekeeping, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Hate speech alone would not constitute a hate crime under the First Amendment.
    Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Not to recognize that calling for the genocide of a people is awful, is a hate crime.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Reports of hate crimes and hate incidents to the state’s Bias Response Hotline have nearly tripled in the past three years.
    Agreen, oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023
  • He was arrested July 6 in Moldova, and has been charged with soliciting hate crimes and acts of mass violence.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 16 July 2024

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