as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
the vermin who looted abandoned houses after the hurricane
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Recent Examples of vermin
Public records showed neighbors made multiple complaints to the city regarding the condition of the home as trash built up, drawing vermin, according to WDSU.
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Angel Saunders, People.com, 16 May 2025
The Brooklyn jail has drawn complaints over the years as a place filled with mold, vermin and neglect, which the Federal Bureau of Prisons has pledged to address.
—Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
The ramen restaurant was closed due to a vermin infestation.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
No vermin were observed on the premises at the time of inspection.
—Emily Rella, People.com, 9 May 2025
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Angel Saunders, People.com, 16 May 2025
The Brooklyn jail has drawn complaints over the years as a place filled with mold, vermin and neglect, which the Federal Bureau of Prisons has pledged to address.
—Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
The ramen restaurant was closed due to a vermin infestation.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
No vermin were observed on the premises at the time of inspection.
—Emily Rella, People.com, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vermin
Noun
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Police brought in hundreds of law enforcement personnel with dogs, armored carriers, horses and helicopters that circled overhead.—
Maryclaire Dale, Marc Levy and Michael Rubinkam,
Anchorage Daily News,
13 Sep. 2023
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Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.—
cleveland,
cleveland,
13 Sep. 2023
Noun
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But in politics — as in life —there’s a fine line between being genuine and being a jerk.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Smoky, spicy jerk is also on the menu in the Pulled Jerk Pork & Coconut Shrimp appetizer at Eleanor’s at Sandals Grande Antigua.—
Sandals Resorts,
AFAR Media,
4 June 2025
Noun
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Among the players connected to the disappearance are a wide and varied cast of Austin characters: an up-and-coming boxer who crossed the border from Mexico under strange circumstances, a rookie cop determined to crack the case, a grifter clown (figurative and literal).—
Lucas Schaefer
June 13,
Literary Hub,
13 June 2025
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As the animals fought, brass bands played and clowns entertained.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
Noun
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Likely, species that already thrive in the subway—rats, cockroaches, pigeons, opossums—would be the first ones to take advantage of the human-free passages.—
Sarah Durn,
Popular Science,
5 June 2025
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Traps to catch rats, possums, and stoats are scattered across key parts of the urban landscape, with hundreds of locals offering their gardens as trapping sites.—
Laurie Winkless,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
Noun
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Wafting down the normally quiet halls were the sounds of whistles, shouting— and the unmistakable smell of a skunk.—
Patrick Salland,
Kansas City Star,
5 June 2025
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Until then, the best chance to see them is at the skunk training demonstrations in The Loft at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
4 June 2025
Noun
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That creep who runs North Korea said his father shot 18 in a round of golf.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
17 May 2025
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Another unexpected force accelerating RTO creep is government influence.—
Jason Wingard,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Vermin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vermin. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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