hate mail

American

noun

letters, telegrams, etc., that express prejudice or disagreement in abusive or threatening terms.

Example Sentences

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The decision referred to "a particularly shocking aspect of events" being the hate mail delivered to Z's home after the criminal trial in the 1980s, forcing the family to move house.

From BBC

By her own admission, Ms. Ypi receives a good deal of hate mail from her compatriots, who regard her failure to condemn communism tout court as a form of moral betrayal.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the company also gets “hate mail,” he conceded.

From Los Angeles Times

"My family wouldn't talk to me for a year, such was my 'treason'. And even today I get hate mail from wine-growers saying I am ruining the market," she says.

From BBC

During Smollett's trial, prosecutors alleged he staged the attack because he was unhappy with a television studio's response to hate mail he received.

From BBC

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