bias crime

noun

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Hay was arrested and booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on assault and bias crime charges, officials said. Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 21 May 2024 Those numbers have continued to rise in the first month of 2024 as the NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force has seen a 12% increase in bias crimes, according to police department statistics. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024 Because of the victim’s profile, the police had designated the attack a bias crime. Longreads, 4 Apr. 2024 Officials at the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, which is investigating the case, said the killing did not appear to be a bias crime or act of domestic terrorism. Hannan Adely, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bias crime 

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First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bias crime was in 1982

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“Bias crime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bias%20crime. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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