infest
verb (used with object)
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do.
has been infesting
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present perfect progressiveof infest (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Lieutenant-Colonel Arabin has been infesting the Chancellor upon the subject.
From A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II by Edward Law, Earl of Ellenborough
I got upon the trail of that spy who has been infesting Richmond.
From The Shades of the Wilderness A Story of Lee's Great Stand by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
