vermine
French → English
(pests) Vermin: collective term for parasitic insects or small harmful animals like lice or fleas
L'inspecteur a trouvé de la vermine dans les vieux matelas de l'hôtel.
(English) The inspector found vermin in the hotel's old mattresses.
Il faut traiter les cultures pour éliminer la vermine qui ronge les feuilles.
(English) Crops must be treated to eliminate the pests gnawing the leaves.
(derogatory) Scoundrels: offensive term for groups of people considered harmful or loathsome to society
Le tyran a qualifié ses opposants politiques de vermine à éliminer.
(English) The tyrant called his political opponents vermin to be eliminated.
Il faut nettoyer la ville de toute cette vermine criminelle qui nous terrorise.
(English) The city must be cleared of all this criminal scum terrorizing us.
Entry ID: fr:en:vermine · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary