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bastard, beast, bleeder [British], blighter [chiefly British], boor, bounder, bugger, buzzard, cad, chuff, churl, clown, creep, cretin, crud [slang], crumb [slang], cur, dirtbag [slang], dog, fink, heel, hound, jerk, joker, louse, lout, pill, rat, rat fink, reptile, rotter, schmuck [slang], scum, scumbag [slang], scuzzball [slang], skunk, sleaze, sleazebag [slang], sleazeball [slang], slime, slimeball [slang], slob, snake, so-and-so, sod [chiefly British], stinkard, stinker, swine, toad, varmint
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Gothamist spoke with a dozen people who spent time at the MCC and heard reports of vermin infestations, violent guards and filthy conditions. — Elizabeth Lawrence, USA TODAY, "'Torture,' 'roach motel': Conditions at jail where Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide decried by inmates for years," 10 Aug. 2019 Better to have some vermin living in your neighborhood than to be one. — Osita Nwanevu, The New Yorker, "Baltimore Responds to President Trump," 3 Aug. 2019 More than 40 peahens and peacocks still found at Sahuaro Ranch descended from three purchased at the Chicago World Fair in 1933 to control desert pests — snakes and vermin. — Mary Wakeford, azcentral, "Sahuaro Ranch boasts one of Glendale's earliest cool homes. Take a look," 18 July 2019 The issues at the Central Division come amid larger concerns about disease and filth across downtown, notably a vermin infestation at City Hall last year. — Mark Puente, latimes.com, "Following rat infestation, LAPD deploys robot to sanitize Central Division station," 28 June 2019 That’s because many view iguanas as vermin and don’t want their properties to be associated with such a problem, the iguana control companies said. — Doreen Christensen, sun-sentinel.com, "Iguanas are worse than ever and we’re spending big bucks to get rid of them," 21 June 2019 The rats are considered vermin; the raptors are welcomed as heartening signs of nature returning to the city. — Charlie Hamilton James, National Geographic, "How rats became an inescapable part of city living," 17 June 2019 The rotten floor was ripped up and carted away, replaced by a layer of Roxul insulation (the vermin don’t like it, nor does moisture) and this sweet tongue-in-groove pine floor from a local (well, two hours away) mill. — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, "How To Live Off the Grid," 10 June 2019 The city of Los Angeles is grappling with deteriorating sanitation problems, as an increase in homeless camps and illegally dumped trash have created conditions for rats and other vermin to infest L.A. City Hall. — Brian Pascus, CBS News, "Los Angeles grapples with homeless camps, illegally dumped trash and rat-infested City Hall," 4 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'vermin.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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