How to Use hate crime in a Sentence

hate crime

noun
  • She was charged with assault as a hate crime.
    — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
  • He has been charged with three counts of hate crime assault.
    — Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Two of the four felony counts are hate crime charges, police said.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 18 June 2026
  • This led some who live on the block to believe the fires were a hate crime.
    — Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The men do not currently face hate crime charges.
    — Cierra Morgan, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
  • These killings have not yet been deemed hate crimes by officials.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Many of the women who will rest at this site were victims of hate crimes.
    — Chantal Flores, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Georgia's new hate crimes law does not provide for a stand-alone hate crime.
    — CBS News, 11 May 2021
  • Georgia’s new hate crimes law does not provide for a stand-alone hate crime.
    — NBC News, 11 May 2021
  • That’s more than half the total number of hate crimes against any and all groups.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Georgia’s new hate crimes law doesn’t provide for a stand-alone hate crime.
    — Time, 29 July 2021
  • Georgia’s new hate crimes law doesn't provide for a stand-alone hate crime.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2021
  • Georgia’s new hate crimes law doesn’t provide for a stand-alone hate crime.
    — Kate Brumback, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2021
  • Last year, Jews were the target of more than half of the hate crimes in the city.
    — Jill Colvin, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
  • Rhode Island does not have a free-standing hate crime statute.
    — NBC News, 9 June 2021
  • Fields is serving a life sentence for murder and hate crimes.
    — Nic F. Anderson, CNN, 3 July 2024
  • 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
  • His charges include first-degree murder and two counts of hate crimes.
    — Zohreen Shah, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • What happened in Smollett’s hate crime case?
    — Skyler Trepel Published, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • She was charged with assault as a hate crime, and other charges, the complaint states.
    — Mark Morales, CNN, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The crash is being considered a hate crime.
    — Doug Williams, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • But even based on that complaint, the hate crime charge wouldn't stand, Yamahiro said.
    — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 July 2021
  • As of now, the NYPD has not deemed the case a hate crime.
    — Andrew Ramos, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • The remaining two minors involved in the case were not charged with a hate crime.
    — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
  • He has been charged not only with the murders, but with federal hate crimes.
    — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The McMichaels and Bryan had pleaded not guilty to the hate crime charges.
    — Russ Bynum, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Feb. 2022
  • The McMichaels and Bryan have pleaded not guilty to the hate crime charges.
    — Russ Bynum, ajc, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Dan Sohail, 36, is set to be arraigned on hate crime charges.
    — CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The complaint also alleges that each of the felony assault counts were hate crimes.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 18 June 2026

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