English dictionary
evict
/I/'v/I/kt/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
verb
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expel or eject without recourse to legal process
ExamplesThe landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process
ExamplesThe landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months.
Synonyms force outSource: WordNet 3.0
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To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust.
Source: webster1913