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Bad apple

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who is not wholesome, honest, or trustworthy, especially one who has an adverse influence on others. idiomatic, in-plural, often

    "Near-synonym: bad egg"

Etymology

From the proverb “one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch” (or a variant thereof).

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