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evict

UK/ɨˈvɪkt/ US/iˈvɪkt/ uncommon

verb

1.

expel or eject without recourse to legal process

  • “The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m.”
2.

expel from one''s property or force to move out by a legal process

  • “The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months”
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Origin

From Middle English evicten, evycten, borrowed from Latin ēvictus, past participle of ēvincō (“to vanquish completely”). Doublet of evince.

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