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vermin

noun as in noxious or annoying small animals or insects

noun as in pest

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Bin bags on pavements are a familiar sight where Mr Frémond lives - as in many cities - their contents often strewn across the street; the result of vermin clawing them as they wait to be collected.

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Her family pays the city for their own dumpster bins to dispose of their own trash rather than leave it on the street to attract vermin or other pests, Ronquillo said.

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County’s jails, describing filthy conditions, vermin and insect infestations, a lack of clean water and moldy and spoiled food.

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Rodents, insects and vermin were visible at the resort, while electricity was shut off to common spaces, according to the lawsuit.

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He inveighs against illegal immigration in terms more appropriate for a vermin infestation.

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