infest
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verb
with object
(usually
be
infested
)
(of
insect
s or
animal
s) be
present
(in a
place
or
site
) in
large
number
s, typically so as to
cause
damage
or
disease
:
〈害虫・小動物・犯罪(者)などが〉〈場所など〉にはびこる, 群がる; 〖be ~ed〗 【有害なものなどが】はびこっている «with»
e.g.
the house is infested with cockroaches
e.g.
as adjective, in combination
(-infested) : shark-infested waters.
ORIGIN
late
Middle English
(in the sense ‘
torment
,
harass
’): from
French
infester
or
Latin
infestare
‘
assail
’, from
infestus
‘
hostile
’. The current sense dates from the mid
16th century
.