Usually means: Bad influence within a group.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. rotten apple: Merriam-Webster
  2. rotten apple: Collins English Dictionary
  3. rotten apple: Wiktionary
  4. Rotten Apple (Lloyd Banks album), Rotten Apple (album): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Rotten apple: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rotten apple: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rotten apple: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rotten apple: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Rotten Apple, rotten apple: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (rotten apple)

noun:  (idiomatic) A bad person, especially one who has a corrupting influence on others: a bad apple.

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