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guilt by association
- The attribution of guilt to individuals because of the people or organizations with which they associate, rather than because of any crime that they have committed.
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But that cannot happen when private-sector workers experience guilt-by-association with unpopular public-sector union actions.
From The Daily Beast
Indeed, this form of shaming, blacklisting, and guilt-by-association is, itself, a form of defamation.
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