Infested

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Infest \In*fest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infested}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Infesting}.] [L. infestare, fr. infestus disturbed,
     hostile, troublesome; in in, against + the root of defendere:
     cf. F. infester. See {Defend}.]
     To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to
     disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as,


     fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates.
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           To poison vermin that infest his plants. --Cowper.
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           These, said the genius, are envy, avarice,
           superstition, love, with the like cares and passions
           that infest human life.                  --Addison.
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           And the cares, that infest the day,
           Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,
           And as silently steal away.              --Longfellow.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  infested
       adj : (often followed by `with' or used in combination) troubled
             by or encroached upon in large numbers; "waters
             infested with sharks"; "shark-infested waters"; "the
             locust-overrun countryside"; "drug-plagued streets"
             [syn: {overrun}, {plagued}]