hate crimenoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈheɪt ˌkraɪm//ˈheɪt ˌkraɪm/a crime or crimes, usually involving violence, committed against someone because of their race or religion, because they are gay, etc. :
New figures show that hate crime rose 14% over the last 12 months.
A transgender woman's death is now being investigated as a hate crime by the police department.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Crime - general words
- carrying-on
- complicit
- complicity
- copycat
- crime
- drink-driving
- DWI
- foul play
- inside job
- juvenile delinquent
- loitering
- misdeed
- netherworld
- offense
- speeding
- trespass
- vagrant
- victimless
- war crime
- wrongdoing
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Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly