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{ "term": "vermin", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "wild animals or birds that destroy plants or food, or attack farm animals and birds", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "On farms the fox is considered vermin and treated as such." } ], "topics": ["Animals"], "collocations": { "verb + vermin": [ "consider something", "regard something as", "attract" ], "vermin + verb": ["infest"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "insects that live on the bodies of animals and sometimes humans", "examples": [ { "text": "The room was crawling with vermin." } ], "collocations": { "verb + vermin": [ "consider something", "regard something as", "attract" ], "vermin + verb": ["infest"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "people who are very unpleasant or dangerous to society", "labels": "(disapproving)", "examples": [] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈvɜːmɪn/", "audio": "ve/vermin/vermin__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈvɜːrmɪn/", "audio": "ve/vermin/vermin__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Middle English (originally denoting animals such as reptiles and snakes): from Old French, based on Latin vermis ‘worm’." }