evict
Americanverb (used with object)
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to expel (a person, especially a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent.
- Synonyms:
- dislodge, dispossess, remove, eject
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to throw or force out, as from a place, organization, or position.
He was evicted from office by a populist revolution.
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to recover (property, titles, etc.) by virtue of superior legal title.
verb
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to expel (a tenant) from property by process of law; turn out
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to recover (property or the title to property) by judicial process or by virtue of a superior title
Other Word Forms
- evictee noun
- eviction noun
- evictor noun
- reevict verb (used with object)
- unevicted adjective
Etymology
Origin of evict
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English evicten, from Late Latin ēvictus “having recovered one's property by law,” Latin: past participle of ēvincere “to overcome, conquer, evince,” equivalent to ē- “from, out of; thoroughly” + vic- (past participle stem of vincere “to conquer”) + -tus past participle suffix; evince, e- 1, victor
Example Sentences
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She hinted that Rourke had tried to raise his concerns about the condition of the home previously, before Goldie “went to the press saying that he was evicting” the actor.
From MarketWatch
Guillermo, whose five children are in school, says his family is on the edge of being evicted from their rental home.
From BBC
A couple are facing being evicted from their home after being duped by a serial fraudster who ran a scam impersonating dead people.
From BBC
That approach was incorporated in the 1991 “Desert Storm” campaign, in which a U.S.-led coalition evicted Iraqi troops from Kuwait.
Rights groups have been critical of some of Balen’s measures, saying they hurt the poor, such as clearing away street vendors from sidewalks and attempting to evict unauthorized settlements from public lands.
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