guilt by association
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For starters, the U.S. government’s allegations against the firms aren’t merely guilt by association.
From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026
There are good reasons of privacy and unfair guilt by association not to dump hundreds of thousands of pages of raw FBI investigatory files into the public arena.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
Morris, who is Black, called claims of racism preposterous and said it was a campaign of guilt by association.
From Salon • Nov. 14, 2024
“His critics continue to engage in guilt by association for comments that were not his,” De León’s attorney said in a lawsuit targeting two people whom De León suspected of making the recording.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2024
Most people outside the System are there because they've been Suspended for supposed infractions, or they've been put out through guilt by association, or because they were born into a family already in that condition.
From Cerebrum by Birmingham, Lloyd
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