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• n  an irritating or obnoxious person
• n  any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats
  cereals must be protected from mice and other vermin
  he examined the child's head for vermin
  boys in the village have probably been shooting vermin

• It is only distantly related to the vermin-carried germ.
• All but a few cultivated plants became weeds, and all but a few domesticated herds, pets and game animals became pests and vermin.
• He decries the conditions that these inmates face, including vermin-infested, decrepit buildings that lack adequate ventilation, lighting and water supplies.

• varmint

News & Articles

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• 2 East Ramapo schools cited for mold, vermin
  A picture taken by a student at Ramapo High School last week of what appears to be a dead rat in an auditorium. / Submitted photo RAMAPO — At least two East Ramapo school buildings have mold, vermin and unsafe air quality, the state Department of Labor found in an investigation.
  June 9, 2013 - The Journal News
• State cites 2 East Ramapo schools for mold, vermin
  At least two East Ramapo school buildings have mold, vermin and unsafe air quality, the state Department of Labor found in an investigation. A violation notice has been sent to the district and is required to be posted at Pomona Middle School and Ramapo High School, according to a letter Wednesday from the Labor Department.
  June 8, 2013 - The Journal News
• State: 2 East Ramapo schools have vermin, mold, unsafe air
  A picture taken by a student at Ramapo High School last week of what appears to be a dead rat in an auditorium. / Submitted photo RAMAPO — At least two East Ramapo school buildings have mold, vermin and unsafe air quality, the state Department of Labor found in an investigation.
  June 8, 2013 - The Journal News

Quotes

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• Ian Brady in Click Liverpool
  In his letter Brady writes: "I request and expect nothing from the vermin here, except a coffin, and am politically force-fed as they can't leech a living from dead bodies."
• Martin Narey in Reuters UK
  It is appalling that words like 'animal', 'feral' and 'vermin' are used daily in reference to children,said Martin Narey, Barnardo's chief executive. "These are not references to a small minority of children but represent the public view...
• Ian Paisley in News 10NBC
  In 1969, as Britain deployed troops as peacekeepers, Paisley said Catholics "breed like rabbits and multiply like vermin," and accused Catholic priests of distributing guns to the fledgling IRA.