to evict
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4.6
- verb
- /ɪˈvɪkt/
:
desalojar
- After Richard assaulted a fellow resident, he was evicted and went into a residential care home.
- evict tenants
- landlords evict tenants
- evict people
First, Trump said, hey, you can't evict anybody till October.
- First, Trump said, hey, you can't evict anybody till October.
- The fire basically evicted your squatters for you and for free.
- All the process if landlords evict tenants and if rent relief doesn't get out to them.
- Frustrated with my boys, but they got evicted.
- If attorneys can argue that people getting foreclosed on or evicted won't spread COVID, game over.
- People who are living in the yellow area illegally because of the law are being evicted.
- Aren't you glad that you were once evicted because it gives you such an appreciation for what you have now?
- So a big part of this means evicting them.
Examples
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Marcus, you're gonna help me evict the current residents from our new home.
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OK brother is using common law to evict me from my own house.
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I had to evict one guy 'cause he was getting mold.
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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.
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I won't evict people from the building until the contract is over.
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Unless you vacate these premises at once, we'll be forced to evict you by whatever means necessary.
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You have seven days to make all modifications and pay all fines or you will be evicted at once.
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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
512
3.0
Force someone to leave a place or group
194
5.0
Force someone to leave a place, such as a school or country, often by official order
70
3.8
Force someone or something to leave a place
46
4.4
To make someone leave a job by pressure or threats
36
2.8
To make someone or something leave a place
32
4.2
Force someone to leave a place
31
6.2
Force someone to leave a group or place because others reject them
8
6.5
To make someone leave quickly to show they are not wanted
4
7.9
Make someone leave quickly and forcefully
1
4.0
To force someone to leave a place, group or job
1
7.1
To force someone or something out of a place by searching
1
5.0
To force someone to leave a place usually because they cause trouble
Make people leave their home and feel lost
Antonyms
How Forceful
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3.8
77
4.6
236
3.0
- Informal
5
6.4
∞
1.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Evict comes from the Latin parts ex- ('out') and vincere ('to conquer'), and it shares the same root as victory. So to evict someone is to 'force them out' of a place, which explains why it means to officially or forcefully make someone leave a home or property.