evict

[ ih-vikt ]

/ ɪˈvɪkt /

verb (used with object)

to expel (a person, especially a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent.

to recover (property, titles, etc.) by virtue of superior legal title.

Origin of evict

1400–50; late Middle English evicten < Late Latin ēvictus having recovered one's property by law, Latin: past participle of ēvincere to overcome, conquer, evince), equivalent to ē- e-¹ + vic- (past participle stem of vincere; see victor) + -tus past participle suffix

OTHER WORDS FROM evict

e·vic·tion, noun e·vic·tor, noun non·e·vic·tion, noun re·e·vict, verb (used with object)

un·e·vict·ed, adjective

Words nearby evict

everywheres, everywoman, evesham, evetta, evg., evict, evictee, evidence, evident, evidential, evidentiary

Example sentences from the Web for eviction

To make matters worse, Kromah says his landlord has given him an eviction notice.

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“Kandynce Jones was under threat of eviction by [Sterling] even though she had never missed a rent payment,” court papers say.

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It appears charges were never filed, but his landlords began an eviction process against him shortly after.

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The Michigan chapter of AFP posted convincing-looking (but fake) eviction notices on homes near the proposed crossing route.

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Perhaps among the Israeli and Palestinian peace activists working to stop the eviction of Palestinians from Sheikh Jarrah.

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It was, as you see, a case of eviction vi et armis, by the force of arms.

John Bull, Junior |Max O'Rell
Mr. Chamberlain will consent to be locked inside a barricaded Irish hovel when an eviction is expected.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, July 16, 1887 |Various
The necessity to do the sanitary requirements of public bodies is a constant source of eviction.

The Law and the Poor |Edward Abbott Parry
Thus in Ireland I have known an outgoing tenant, in spite at his eviction, to sow wild oats in the fields which he was leaving.

Jesus the Christ |James Edward Talmage
It might be cattle driving thats in it, or it might be a meeting about the land or maybe an eviction.

The Search Party |G. A. Birmingham

British Dictionary definitions for eviction

evict

/ (ɪˈvɪkt) /

verb (tr)

to expel (a tenant) from property by process of law; turn out

to recover (property or the title to property) by judicial process or by virtue of a superior title

Derived forms of evict

eviction, noun evictor, noun evictee, noun

Word Origin for evict

C15: from Late Latin ēvincere, from Latin: to vanquish utterly, from vincere to conquer

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