You are my prisoners, base vermin.
Hudibras.
Ver"mi*nate (?), v. i. [L. verminare to have worms, fr. vermis a worm.]
To breed vermin.
Ver`mi*na"tion (?), n. [L. verminatio the worms, a disease of animals,
a crawling, itching pain.] 1. The generation or breeding of vermin.
Derham.