hate crime

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Recent Examples of hate crime He was then charged with filing a false police report as the Cook County State Attorney’s Office claimed that the hate crime did not happen. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 30 June 2026 Police were investigating the attack as a hate crime. Sydney Brammer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2026 Lu has been charged with four felonies and four misdemeanors, including a hate crime and burning a cross to intimidate, police said in a statement released Wednesday night. ABC News, 18 June 2026 Two of the four felony counts are hate crime charges, police said. Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for hate crime
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hate crime
Noun
  • The department also has a dedicated officer who tracks bias crimes and serves as a liaison with the LGBTQ community.
    Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2025
  • The police report does not list the incident as a hate/bias crime.
    Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Third baseman Ryan McMahon also committed a throwing error, New York's 19th in its last 14 games.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • England is hoping karma is on its side after a famous goal-scoring error sealed a World Cup loss to Argentina 40 years ago at Azteca Stadium.
    Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
Noun
  • The American Medical Association noted, in a statement to USA TODAY, that doctors often spend 12 to 15 years in training, typically exiting medical school with roughly $200,000 in debt.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • Volatile, quarrelsome, dogmatic, and sure of his own brilliance, Reinhold outraged patrons, amassed huge debts, and turned his eldest son into an exhausted workhorse.
    Jenny Uglow, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
Noun
  • He was convicted of that crime and given 96 months of probation, according to the press release.
    Mary Ella Hastings July 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 July 2026
  • In a press release, Bonta reiterated his commitment to combating hate in California, and said the data obtained are accessible and critical to stopping such crimes in the state.
    Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • Lawyers in the gas station lawsuit assert that technology is enabling antitrust violations.
    Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Beijing has and been accused of serious human violations, including large-scale arbitrary detention of Uyghur and other Muslim minorities, in Xinjiang.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Defendants have denied wrongdoing, calling it an industrial accident.
    Scott Lebar. Story produced with AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
  • One filing cited industry estimates suggesting that base live TV streaming packages rose significantly over time when sports programming was included, though Disney has denied any wrongdoing.
    Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • Jazzlyn Johnson, a spokesperson for Johnson, said in an email that Sanchez-Munoz had been charged with one count of second-degree felony murder, five counts of unlawful use of a weapon and five counts of armed criminal action.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026
  • Dozens of traffic citations were issued and one felony arrest was made during an anti-street racing and reckless driving enforcement operation in Shasta County on Friday, California Highway Patrol officials announced Monday.
    Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • In addition to a felony charge of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer in a motor vehicle, the man also faces a misdemeanor battery charge, according to online Ada County Jail records.
    Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 24 June 2026
  • Prosecutors reopen case Pino was initially charged in August 2026 with three counts of careless boating, a minor misdemeanor carrying a minimum sentence of 60 days in county jail.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026

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