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- Dictionaryevict/ɪˈvɪkt/
verb
- 1. expel (someone) from a property, especially with the support of the law: "a single mother and her children have been evicted from their home"
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to force someone to leave somewhere: Tenants who fall behind in their rent risk being evicted. evict someone from somewhere He was evicted from the bar for drunk and disorderly behaviour. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Evicting and forcing to leave. boot someone off (something) phrasal verb.
The meaning of EVICT is to recover (property) from a person by legal process. How to use evict in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Evict.
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. to throw or force out, as from a place, organization, or position: He was evicted from office by a populist revolution.
Sep 23, 2015 · verb [ T ] LAW, PROPERTY uk / ɪˈvɪkt / us. Add to word list. to force someone to move out of a property: evict sb for sth Landlords have the right to evict tenants for nonpayment of rent. evict sb from sth The city evicted the store from its original location on Sixth Street to redevelop the area.
evict. evict somebody (from something) to force somebody to leave a house or land, especially when you have the legal right to do so. A number of tenants have been evicted for not paying the rent. The council has tried to get them evicted.
There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb evict, nine of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
OED's earliest evidence for evict is from 1881, in the writing of M. F. Sullivan. It is also recorded as a verb from the Middle English period (1150—1500). evict is formed within English, by conversion.
