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Definition

A group of people deemed to have a negative influence on a person's behavior; a bad crowd.

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In Context

  • "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."
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