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hate crime

Noun CEFR B2

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.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

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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.
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See also

hate figure hate fuck hate group hate mail hate mailer hate music

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