Evil crime involved getting hold of student fare from Italy

• Food that's Italian for "little worms"
• Pasta thinner than spaghetti
• Pasta sick priest sent up to catch rodents
• Cousin of angel hair
• Very thin strings of pasta

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vermicelli \Ver`mi*cel"li\, n. [It., pl. of vermicello, literally, a little worm, dim. of verme a worm, L. vermis. See Worm , and cf. Vermicule , Vermeil .] The flour of a hard and small-grained wheat made into dough, and forced through small cylinders ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. pasta in strings thinner than spaghetti

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. long, slender pasta, similar to spaghetti, only thinner.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
kind of pasta, 1660s, literally "little worms," from Italian vermicelli , plural of vermicello , diminutive of verme , accusative singular of Latin vermis "worm" (see worm (n.)). So called for resemblance.