guilt by association n the attribution of guilt (without proof) to individuals because the people they associate with are guilty
News & Articles guilt by association Why Russia Will Almost Certainly Back Down In Syria Guilt by association. June 13, 2013 - Business Insider via Yahoo! Finance Data Mining of Telecom Metadata, More Dangerous Than Intercepting Conversations Formulas use guilt by association to construct imaginary networks of people who might, or might not, have some link to political violence, espionage. June 11, 2013 - Kansas City InfoZine