evict

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process

   The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months.

2. 2
   verb

   expel or eject without recourse to legal process

   The landlord wanted to evict the tenants because they never paid on time.

From Middle English evicten, evycten, borrowed from Latin ēvictus, past participle of ēvincō (“to vanquish completely”). Doublet of evince.

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