{
    "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’."
}