guilt by association

guilt by association
noun
the attribution of guilt (without proof) to individuals because the people they associate with are guilty
Hypernyms: ↑guilt, ↑guiltiness

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: moral guilt or unfitness presumed to exist on the basis of one's known associations

the doctrine of guilt by association has on occasion been used to brand as currently disloyal persons who at some past time had been members of an organization not known to be or considered subversive at the time they were members

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guilt by association,
guilt attached to a person by reason of his being associated with others who have been found guilty.

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guilt ascribed to someone not because of any evidence but because of their association with an offender

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