The phrase "assault based on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal or social contexts to describe an assault that is motivated by a specific factor, such as race, gender, or sexual orientation.
Example: "The case was classified as a hate crime, as the assault was based on the victim's ethnicity."
Alternatives: "assault motivated by" or "assault stemming from".
Prosecutors charged Nero with assault based on a novel legal theory that Nero committed a crime when he arrested Gray without meeting the legal standard of probable cause.
Nor does there appear to be a direct threat to Turkey, a member of NATO, which might justify an assault based on collective self-defense.
"I think certainly the heightened concern is relative to that type of assault based on what just happened in Canada," he said.
Felarca was one of the anti-fascist activists who was also stabbed, but ultimately charged with assault based on Ayres' investigation.
Prosecutors have charged Miller with assault, based on the theory that he did not have probable cause to legally arrest Gray, making any physical contact the equivalent of assault.
It's a significant omission, though it's not a total omission — during one of Devereaux's court hearings, a prosecutor says that Devereaux has a history of sexual assault, based on an incident in which he was involved in France.
Investigators were able to link the six assaults based on victims' descriptions and with the assistance of a new sketch of the suspect, the police said.
Many people think survivors should be blamed for their assaults, based on what they wore, how much they had to drink or how they acted.
So when we pass laws about "hate crimes," we are dictating values that, not only do we not condone assaults based on race, religion, sexual orientation, gender or otherwise, but that we will prosecute them.
In a sense, the technology will look back to events that predate it, just as we convict offenders for sexual assaults based on DNA evidence that predates modern DNA analysis.
We've worked with students who have been bullied, harassed and assaulted based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender, race, ethnicity, and religion to create change in local school districts that can be a road map for national progress.
