to evict

Examples

• All

• Marcus, you're gonna help me evict the current residents from our new home.

  Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)

• OK brother is using common law to evict me from my own house.

• I had to evict one guy 'cause he was getting mold.

  Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea (2024)

• The following day, police moved in to evict the students and occupy the campus.

  Academic text (1998)

• It's so bad she had to serve him papers to be evicted from her apartment.

• I won't evict people from the building until the contract is over.

  Ficciones (2021)

• Unless you vacate these premises at once, we'll be forced to evict you by whatever means necessary.

  Big Bad Mama II (1987)

• You have seven days to make all modifications and pay all fines or you will be evicted at once.

  Cabrini (2024)

• On September 27, 2001, twenty-five people were evicted from their family land in Cainhoy, South Carolina.

  Academic text (2011)

• Unless you vacate these premises at once, we'll be forced to evict you by whatever means necessary.

Synonyms

K

to kick out

vsto evict

524 3.0

Force someone to leave a place or group

is the formal legal process to remove occupants from a property rather than informal ejection

M

to move out

vsto evict

472 2.8

To make someone or something leave a place

is a legal eviction specifically targeting occupants of a property rather than neutral relocation

E

to expel

vsto evict

188 5.0

Force someone to leave a place, such as a school or country, often by official order

is specifically about legal removal from a property rather than broader institutional banishment

D

to drive out

vsto evict

124 3.8

Force someone or something to leave a place

is a legal action to remove residents from their property rather than general expulsion

F

to force out

vsto evict

72 4.4

To make someone leave a job by pressure or threats

is focused on legal eviction from a residence rather than removal from a role

C

to cast out

vsto evict

50 6.2

Force someone to leave a group or place because others reject them

is a legal removal from a residence rather than social rejection

E

to eject

vsto evict

47 4.2

Force someone to leave a place

is an official, legal removal from a residence rather than mere physical expulsion

S

to send someone packing

vsto evict

• Informal

24 7.9

Make someone leave quickly and forcefully

is a formal legal step to remove people from property rather than an insulting dismissal

C

to chuck out

vsto evict

• UK

4 5.0

To force someone to leave a place usually because they cause trouble

is a formal removal by law from a rented property rather than informal tossing out

R

to rout out

vsto evict

3 7.1

To force someone or something out of a place by searching

is the legal eviction of occupants from a dwelling rather than targeted searching removal

U

to unroot

vsto evict

1 8.2

Make people leave their home and feel lost

is the legal removal from a property rather than wider uprooting and social harm

K

to kick-out

vsto evict

1 4.0

To force someone to leave a place, group or job

is carried out through legal authority to remove people from a property

S

to send packing

vsto evict

• Informal

6.5

To make someone leave quickly to show they are not wanted

is the legal process to remove occupants from a home rather than a rude dismissal

Antonyms

W

to welcome

∞ 1.0

Greet someone in a friendly way when they arrive

I

to invite

∞ 1.0

To ask someone politely to come or take part in an event

How Forceful

to drive out

124 3.8

to evict

87 4.6

to throw out

376 3.0

to show someone the door

• Informal

14 6.4

to remove

∞ 1.5

Surface Forms

Etymology