hate crimes

Definition of hate crimesnext
plural of hate crime
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Noun
  • Given the scale of Epstein’s crimes, highlighting due-process concerns can feel small-bore, or even like apologism.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The 14-page bill improves enforcement of no-contact orders, ups repeat violations of protection orders to felony offenses, and provides protection to witnesses and victims who report domestic violence crimes.
    Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Hopefully his teammates and coaches realize the errors in their ways.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • In December, Chelsea’s players looked inexplicably unprepared for the intensity of this long-time rivalry and were caught out via defensive errors.
    Cerys Jones, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Both Israel and Hezbollah have traded accusations of ceasefire violations, with a Lebanese journalist, Amal Khalil, killed in an Israeli airstrike just yesterday.
    Sean Nevin, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Red-light cameras generate municipal revenue by capturing traffic violations, for which drivers are then fined.
    Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Scorpio rules shared resources and mutual debts—not just financial, but emotional.
    Glamour, Glamour, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Distributing the estate After debts and taxes are paid, the court reviews the estate’s final accounting and approves the plan for distributing assets to beneficiaries and heirs according to the will.
    Nancy Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The federal investigation chronicled those editorials this page published about the DA’s misdeeds.
    John O’Hara, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Most of the long montage took issue with what the band presented as America’s historic misdeeds, from the era of slavery up through America’s missile strikes in Iran.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Apr. 2026
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“Hate crimes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hate%20crimes. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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