n. A crime motivated by prejudice against a social group<ref>hate crime. Dictionary.com. ''The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.'' Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hate crime] (accessed: May 03, 2008). | n. A crime motivated by prejudice against a social group<ref>hate crime. Dictionary.com. ''The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.'' Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hate crime] (accessed: May 03, 2008). |