evict C2 Topic:Law & Government US /iˈvɪkt/ UK /ɨˈvɪkt/ See IPA manual Freq #21379 Meanings 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 verb expel or eject without recourse to legal process The landlord wanted to evict the tenants because they never paid on time. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · expel from one's property... force out More eject Word family Forms evictedevictingevicts Derived forms evictableevicteeevictionevictorrenovictunevicted Related forms evinceeviction Etymology From Middle English evicten, evycten, borrowed from Latin ēvictus, past participle of ēvincō (“to vanquish completely”). Doublet of evince. *weyk- Proto-Indo-European evicten Middle English ēvictus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Law & Government External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # evict **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /iˈvɪkt/ **IPA (UK):** /ɨˈvɪkt/ **Frequency rank:** 21379 ## Meanings 1. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process 2. expel or eject without recourse to legal process ## Examples - The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months. - The landlord wanted to evict the tenants because they never paid on time. ## Synonyms - eject - force out ## Derived Forms - evictable - evictee - eviction - evictor - renovict - unevicted ## Related Forms - evince - eviction ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *weyk- - Root: evicten - Root: ēvictus ## Etymology From Middle English evicten, evycten, borrowed from Latin ēvictus, past participle of ēvincō (“to vanquish completely”). Doublet of evince. ## Topics - Law & Government markdown