Definition of "disinfest" [disinfest]

• To rid of vermin. (verb-transitive)

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• ""Now all the Tories have to do is figure out how to disinfest the Public Sector, the Police, Civil Service and the BBC of all the Marxist placemen.""
• "Now all the Tories have to do is figure out how to disinfest the Public Sector, the Police, Civil Service and the BBC of all the Marxist placemen."
• "Since the 1970s, he's helped to disinfest cities from Beijing to Dubai - Rudy Giuliani even hired him to clean up New York when he was mayor."