Citations:break bad

of a person: to go bad; to turn toward immorality or crime

 * 2005, Will D. Campbell, The Glad River ISBN 1573124451, page 18:
 * But somehow he broke bad when he was just a yearling boy, started running around at night with a bad crowd, drinking beer and wine, and fighting and getting in all kinds of trouble and wouldn't go to school.
 * 2012, John Grisham, The Racketeer ISBN 0385536887:
 * My nephew was breaking bad, getting deeper into the crack trade,
 * But somehow he broke bad when he was just a yearling boy, started running around at night with a bad crowd, drinking beer and wine, and fighting and getting in all kinds of trouble and wouldn't go to school.
 * 2012, John Grisham, The Racketeer ISBN 0385536887:
 * My nephew was breaking bad, getting deeper into the crack trade,