hate crime

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounhate crime (countable and uncountable, plural hate crimes)

plural hate crimes · alternative hate-crime

  1. countableuncountablecrimeA 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.

    I feel a hate crime coming on.

    1997, Kevin Smith, Chasing Amy, spoken by Banky Edwards (Jason Lee)
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    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.

    2002 Sean Pertwee as Father, Equilibrium, 24 minutes

Translations

Arabic جَرِيمَة كَرَاهِيَّة
  • جَرِيمَة كَرَاهِيَّة (jarīma karāhiyya)crime motivated by hate
Chinese Mandarin 仇恨罪行, 仇恨犯罪
  • 仇恨罪行 (chóuhèn zuìxíng)crime motivated by hate
  • 仇恨犯罪 (chóuhèn fànzuì)crime motivated by hate
Esperanto malamokrimo
  • malamokrimocrime motivated by hate
Finnish viharikos
  • viharikoscrime motivated by hate
French crime haineux
  • crime haineuxcrime motivated by hate
German Hasskriminalität
  • Hasskriminalitätcrime motivated by hate
Hebrew פשע שנאה
  • פשע שנאה (pésha-sin'á)crime motivated by hate
Japanese ヘイトクライム, 憎悪犯罪
  • ヘイトクライム (heitokuraimu)crime motivated by hate
  • 憎悪犯罪 (zōo hanzai)crime motivated by hate
  • 憎悪による犯罪 (zōo ni yoru hanzai)crime motivated by hate
Korean 증오범죄
  • 증오범죄 (jeung'obeomjoe)crime motivated by hate
Portuguese crime de ódio
  • crime de ódiocrime motivated by hate
Russian преступле́ние на по́чве не́нависти
  • преступле́ние на по́чве не́нависти (prestuplénije na póčve nénavisti)crime motivated by hate
Spanish delito de odio
  • delito de odiocrime motivated by hate
Swedish hatbrott
  • hatbrottcrime motivated by hate
Turkish nefret suçu
  • nefret suçucrime motivated by hate
Cite this entry
APA

hate crime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hate%20crime

MLA

“hate crime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hate%20crime. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hate crime,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hate%20crime.

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