Answer:

derats

AnswerCrossword Clue
DERATSEmulates the Pied Piper
DERATSClears la the Pied Piper
DERATSClears of vermin
DERATSDisinfests
DERATSPurges, in a way
DERATSClears of vermin, as the Pied Piper
DERATSCleans up Hamelin, in a German legend