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bad apple

n. (context idiomatic English) A person who is not wholesome, honest, or trustworthy, especially one who has an adverse influence on others.

Usage examples of "bad apple".

It'll be good training for all concerned, and we've accounted for the really bad apple in the bunch.

Then the Sheriff - Catlett, his name is - laughed and said not everything a bad apple like Bill Wharton did was in the court files, and what did it matter, anyway?

His mouth was working like someone's who had just gotten a big bite of a bad apple.