malignant vs rotten apple

malignant

noun
  • A deviant; a person who is hostile or destructive to society. 

adj
  • Harmful, malevolent, injurious. 

  • Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue. 

rotten apple

noun
  • A bad person, especially one who has a corrupting influence on others: a bad apple. 

How often have the words malignant and rotten apple occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )