bad seed

noun

1. informal.
   a person who is seen as being congenitally disposed to wrongdoing and likely to be a bad influence on others

Example Sentences

There’s a grand tradition of terrible little girls in horror, from “The Bad Seed” to “The Exorcist,” and we can easily add “Abigail” to that canon.

From Los Angeles Times

“She thinks I'm a bad seed is all.”

From Literature

Even his parents considered him a “bad seed” and said that executing him was the only way to ensure he never hurt anyone again.

From Seattle Times

In this sense, he argues, the witness of John of Patmos, the author of Revelation, is a bad seed yielding wicked fruit.

From Washington Post

“The Terminator” in an “Annabelle” wig, Chucky by way of “The Bad Seed” or the nasty little sister of “Ex Machina’s” Ava, M3GAN is equipped with a searing side-eye and snappy clapbacks.

From Los Angeles Times