eviction
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4.9
- noun
- /ɪˈvɪkʃən/
:
desalojo
- When asked about the impending eviction, he told reporters, "I feel the loss in my bones."
- eviction notice
- forced eviction
- eviction order
They cite inconsistent implementation of the CDC's eviction ban on COVID.
- They cite inconsistent implementation of the CDC's eviction ban on COVID.
- And the next thing I know, the condo has a eviction notice on it from the sheriff.
- And Kim standing there and the the sheriff serves the guy for the eviction.
- So if you if you have a contract with somebody, then you're going to have to go through that whole eviction process.
- The judiciary did nothing in face of gross violations of civil rights, including things like the CCC moratorium on evictions and whatnot.
- The year before, President Biden was told by the Supreme Court that Congress had to manage any eviction moratorium.
- The Executive Order for the Eviction and Foreclosure crisis reads.
- Your real name is so they can look up if I had an eviction before us home.
- Tank Davis was a, which got an eviction letter from his home before his first world championship fight.
Examples
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The landlord threatened me with eviction unless I got up to date with rent money.
Fiction book (1991) -
OK, so the nominees for eviction are Spencer and Chris.
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I got a little eviction notice for you boys.
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I have your final eviction notice.
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I was talking to your precious son about this eviction situation.
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The owner of that apartment building where he was living was seeking the eviction of some tenants.
Fiction book (1994) -
By late afternoon, our landlord was talking eviction, ours and Rat Boy's.
Fiction book (2002) -
Today is Friday, which is eviction day at the Daley Center.
Academic text (2002) -
He absolutely said that yet some renters will be getting eviction notices as early as next week.
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Tony Jones arrived home recently to find an eviction notice tacked to his front door.
Synonyms
106
2.0
Taking something or someone away from a place
39
6.1
A forced removal of a person from a place or group
23
5.5
Forcing someone or something out of a place quickly
19
7.4
Removing someone from a place like a home by force or law
9
6.1
Moving people out of their job or home
3
8.2
A legal loss of land, property or other things someone owns
The removal of a person from property by a court order
A landlord physically removes a tenant, who then stops paying rent
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
A landlord makes a home unfit to live in so a tenant must leave without being physically forced out
- Formal
A landlord forces a tenant to leave because they complained or used their rights
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word eviction comes from Latin parts e- meaning 'out' and vict meaning 'to conquer' or 'win', the same root as victory. So an eviction is someone being forced 'out' of a home by the owner, which is why the word means removing people from a property.