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evict

/I/'v/I/kt/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

  1. expel or eject without recourse to legal process

    verb.contact

    Examples
    The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    verb.contact

    Examples
    The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

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