"wrong crowd" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-wrong crowd.ogg Forms: wrong crowds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wrong crowd (plural wrong crowds)
  1. (idiomatic) A group of people deemed to have a negative influence on a person's behavior; a bad crowd. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): People Synonyms: bad company Translations (group of people thought to have a negative influence): 壞人 /坏人 (huàirén) (Chinese Mandarin), 壞孩子 /坏孩子 (huài háizi) (Chinese Mandarin), dårligt selskab [neuter] (Danish), huono seura (Finnish), złe towarzystwo (Polish), ਕੁਸੰਗ (kusaṅg) [masculine] (Punjabi), дурна́я компа́ния (durnája kompánija) [feminine] (Russian), плоха́я компа́ния (ploxája kompánija) [feminine] (Russian)

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          "sense": "group of people thought to have a negative influence",
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          "word": "ਕੁਸੰਗ"
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      "word": "дурна́я компа́ния"
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