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GUILT BY ASSOCIATION
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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)