noun
1.
[ U ] violent acts that are committed against people because they are of a different race, because they are homosexual , etc.
2.
[ C ] a single act of this type :
the victim of a hate crime
noun
1.
[ U ] violent acts that are committed against people because they are of a different race, because they are homosexual , etc.
2.
[ C ] a single act of this type :
the victim of a hate crime
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005