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If the actions of men are necessary, if men are not free, what right has society to punish the wicked who infest it?
SUPERSTITION IN ALL AGES (1732)JEAN MESLIER
The horrible staring eyes began again to infest his journey, and seemed to accompany him wherever he went.
THE UNDERWORLDJAMES C. WELSH
The sultry nights in Chorillos are rendered doubly unpleasant by the swarms of vermin which infest the houses.
The same holds true of the multitude of nature demons that infest field and forest and the vicinity of streams and gorges.
ELEMENTS OF FOLK PSYCHOLOGYWILHELM WUNDT
The Bark lice or Scale-insects should also be collected in connection with the leaves or twigs which they infest.
The Parasita, the lowest representatives of the order, may be obtained from the domestic and wild animals which they infest.
Our common roaches (Blattid) are cosmopolitan insects, and infest dwellings.
These insects can be found on the animals they infest, and distinct species will be found to occur on most wild mammals.
On the 21st, we got through Alice, and saw three prow-vessels, who are a very daring set of pirates that infest those seas.
VOYAGE OF H.M.S. PANDORAEDWARD EDWARDS
It was like an alligator pear—and his complexion was like those cactus fruits that likewise infest fancy grocers' shops.
PTOMAINE STREETCAROLYN WELLS
WORDS RELATED TO INFEST
- aggress
- assail
- attack
- badger
- bedevil
- beleaguer
- besiege
- bug
- circle
- compass
- dog
- drive up the wall
- embarrass
- encircle
- enclose
- encompass
- entangle
- environ
- fall on
- fall upon
- girdle
- give a bad time
- give a hard time
- give one the business
- give the needle
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- infest
- invade
- nag
- nudge
- overrun
- perplex
- pester
- pick on
- put the squeeze on
- ride
- ring
- start in on
- storm
- strike
- surround
- aggress
- assail
- attack
- badger
- bedevil
- beleaguer
- besiege
- bug
- circle
- compass
- dog
- drive up the wall
- embarrass
- encircle
- enclose
- encompass
- entangle
- environ
- fall on
- fall upon
- girdle
- give a bad time
- give a hard time
- give one the business
- give the needle
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- infest
- invade
- nag
- nudge
- overrun
- perplex
- pester
- pick on
- put the squeeze on
- ride
- ring
- start in on
- storm
- strike
- surround
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.