vermin
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/ˈvɜːrmɪn/
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/ˈvɜːmɪn/
Small wild animals or birds that cause damage to crops, food, or harm farm animals.
On farms, the fox is considered vermin and treated as such.
Small insects that live on animals or sometimes on humans.
The room was crawling with vermin.
People who are considered very bad or harmful to society.
The criminal was seen as vermin by the community.