evict
verb
i-ˈvikt 
evicted; evicting; evicts
transitive verb
1
a
: to recover (property) from a person by legal process
b
: to put (a tenant) out by legal process
2
: to force out : expel
eviction
i-ˈvik-shən
noun evictor
i-ˈvik-tər
noun 
Example Sentences
His landlord has threatened to evict him if he doesn't pay the rent soon. They were evicted from their apartment.
Recent Examples on the Web The Suffolk County Board of Health mandated the Beales clean up Grey Gardens and threatened to evict them otherwise. 
Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 24 Aug. 2022 An Oklahoma man accused of shooting and killing one sheriff's deputy and wounding another on Monday after his mother tried to evict him had plans to kill officers, Oklahoma City Police Chief Wade Gourley said Tuesday. Paul Best, Fox News, 23 Aug. 2022 The historical society has argued Mattingly failed to maintain the grounds and damaged the property with its actions, prompting members to push to evict him. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 12 July 2022 Martha had violated the lease, the note said, and Florence wanted to evict her. Bryce Covert, The New Republic, 5 July 2022 Landlords filed to evict Phoenix-area tenants nearly 400,000 times from 2015-2021, according to The Republic’s analysis. AZCentral.com, 19 Apr. 2022 These firms, when acting as landlords, tend to evict tenants at a much higher rate than local and even out-of-state individual landlords. Talis Shelbourne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2022 In some jurisdictions, landlords are not allowed to evict tenants because of the COVID-19 pandemic. USA Today, 4 Apr. 2022 Building management was going to evict the couple due to the many complaints, Rundle said. ABC News, 11 Aug. 2022 See More
Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 24 Aug. 2022 An Oklahoma man accused of shooting and killing one sheriff's deputy and wounding another on Monday after his mother tried to evict him had plans to kill officers, Oklahoma City Police Chief Wade Gourley said Tuesday. Paul Best, Fox News, 23 Aug. 2022 The historical society has argued Mattingly failed to maintain the grounds and damaged the property with its actions, prompting members to push to evict him. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 12 July 2022 Martha had violated the lease, the note said, and Florence wanted to evict her. Bryce Covert, The New Republic, 5 July 2022 Landlords filed to evict Phoenix-area tenants nearly 400,000 times from 2015-2021, according to The Republic’s analysis. AZCentral.com, 19 Apr. 2022 These firms, when acting as landlords, tend to evict tenants at a much higher rate than local and even out-of-state individual landlords. Talis Shelbourne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2022 In some jurisdictions, landlords are not allowed to evict tenants because of the COVID-19 pandemic. USA Today, 4 Apr. 2022 Building management was going to evict the couple due to the many complaints, Rundle said. ABC News, 11 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Late Latin evictus, past participle of evincere, from Latin, to vanquish, win a point — more at evince
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Kids Definition
evict
verb
i-ˈvikt
evicted; evicting
: to force (someone) to leave a place
Legal Definition
evict
transitive verb
i-ˈvikt
: to put (a tenant) out of property by force, by virtue of a paramount title, or especially by legal process
evicting
verb
as in banishing
to force (someone) to leave a place His landlord has threatened to evict him if he doesn't pay the rent soon. They were evicted from their apartment. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- banishing
- ejecting
- expelling
- dismissing
- exiling
- deporting
- chasing
- dispossessing
- removing
- displacing
- ostracizing
- expatriating
- sacking
- ousting
- shutting out
- firing
- retiring
- reading out
- deforcing
- routing
- extruding
- bouncing
- terminating
- releasing
- axing
- casting out
- discharging
- kicking out
- outing
- running off
- turning out
- defenestrating
- throwing out
- cashiering
- canning
- booting (out)
- turfing (out)
- mustering out
- drumming (out)
- pink-slipping
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- receiving
- accepting
- taking
- admitting
- taking in
- welcoming
- sheltering
- harboring
- entertaining
- lodging
- housing