GUILT BY ASSOCIATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The attribution of guilt (without proof) to individuals because the people they associate with are guilty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("guilt by association" is a kind of...):

guilt; guiltiness (the state of having committed an offense)

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