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A group of people deemed to have a negative influence on a person's behavior; a bad crowd.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- to fall in with the wrong crowd
- to hang out with the wrong crowd
- Jimmy's mother was concerned that he might have fallen in with the wrong crowd.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bad company
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
壞人 /坏人
(huàirén)
— group of people thought to have a negative influence
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Chinese Mandarin:
壞孩子 /坏孩子
(huài háizi)
— group of people thought to have a negative influence
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Danish:
dårligt selskab
— group of people thought to have a negative influence
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Finnish:
huono seura
— group of people thought to have a negative influence
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Polish:
złe towarzystwo
— group of people thought to have a negative influence
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Punjabi:
ਕੁਸੰਗ
(kusaṅg)
— group of people thought to have a negative influence
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Russian:
дурна́я компа́ния
(durnája kompánija)
— group of people thought to have a negative influence
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Russian:
плоха́я компа́ния
(ploxája kompánija)
— group of people thought to have a negative influence
