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rotten apple
Word forms: plural rotten apples
countable noun
You can use rotten apple to talk about a person who is dishonest and therefore causes a lot of problems for the group or organization they belong to.
Police corruption is not just a few rotten apples.
rotten apple in British English
(ˈrɒtən ˈæpəl)
noun
1.
an apple that has decayed and is no longer fit to be eaten
2. another name for bad apple
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