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Bad apple - a term used in The Family to indicate an individual who threatens the hegemony and who is a negative influence on others.
This term is derived from the popular idiom "One bad apple spoils the barrel" and it took on special meaning within the cult as a rhetorical bludgeon to rebuke undesired beliefs and practices.
See also: rotten apple