racial motive

collocation in English

meaningsofracialandmotive

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racial
adjective
uk
/ˈreɪ.ʃəl/us
/ˈreɪ.ʃəl/
based on someone's perceived race, especially in a way that is unfair or harmful; or based on policies, behaviours, rules, etc. that result in unfair or harmful treatment of people because of their ...
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motive
noun[C]
uk
/ˈməʊ.tɪv/us
/ˈmoʊ.t̬ɪv/
a reason for ...
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(Definition ofracialandmotivefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, the clauses require an additional burden on the prosecution—to prove aracialmotive.
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One will have to prove harassment and that it has aracialmotive.
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It is necessary to go further and cover cases where there is an entirely religious motive and noracialmotive.
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No one of our fellow citizens should be left feeling that his or her concern about aracialmotivewas not at least recorded.
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I refer to the legislation that he introduced to ensure that the sentences of those who were prosecuted for offences could be increased when aracialmotivewas involved.
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Theracialmotivewhich had influenced the respondents to commit a serious crime had to be considered as an aggravating factor.
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At the time civil rights leaders, community activists and others asserted that the apparentracialmotive made the incident subject to prosecution under hate crimes statutes.
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Violence for racial motives is viewed particularly seriously.
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We believe that the wording is adequate to deal with those cases in which individuals may be harassing someone, perhaps for racial motives.
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