- 1wild animals or birds that destroy plants or food, or attack farm animals and birds On farms the fox is considered vermin and treated as such.
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- 2insects that live on the bodies of animals and sometimes humans The room was crawling with vermin.
- 3(disapproving) people who are very unpleasant or dangerous to society
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