Meaning of hate crime | Babel Free
Definitions
A crime motivated by hate for a race, gender, religion, etc., which may result in harsh punishments, the severity of which varies by statute and the nature of the crime.
Equivalents
العربية
جَرِيمَة كَرَاهِيَّة
Deutsch
Hasskriminalität
Español
delito de odio
Suomi
viharikos
Français
crime haineux
עברית
פֶּשַׁע שִׂנְאָה
한국어
증오범죄
Português
crime de ódio
Svenska
hatbrott
Examples
“I feel a hate crime coming on.”
“The later twentieth century saw the fortuitous simultaneous rise of two synergistic political and psychological sciences. The first: the revolutionary precept of the hate crime.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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