hate crime
Example Sentences
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Dabinderjit Singh claimed the Sikh community had seen a "huge increase in hate crime" since the trial.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
The government commissioned a review of public order and hate crime legislation last year that was expected in February, but is yet to be published.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
Flavio Rolim, head of the police's cyber hate crime unit, told AFP that while not everyone consuming this kind of content turns to violence, there was a "process of radicalization," of men.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
In 2019, he took heat from other Jersey political leaders for quickly condemning a deadly local shooting at a kosher grocery store as a hate crime.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
The term hate crime was coined in response to what was described at the time as an “epidemic” of neo-Nazi and skinhead violence, although in retrospect it’s unclear whether any such epidemic existed.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
