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To evict is defined as to force someone to leave a place or property, usually with the force of the law behind you.

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When you make someone leave an apartment because he has not paid rent, this is an example of evict.

See evict in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to remove (a tenant) from leased premises by legal procedure, as for failure to pay rent

Origin: ME evicten < L evictus, pp. of evincere, evince

Related Forms:

eviction noun

See evict in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb e·vict·ed, e·vict·ing, e·victs

To put out (a tenant, for example) by legal process; expel.
To force out; eject. See Synonyms at eject.
Law To recover (property, for example) by a superior claim or legal process.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English evicten

Origin: , from Latin ēvincere, ēvict-, to vanquish

Origin: : ē-, ex-, intensive pref.; see ex-

Origin: + vincere, to defeat; see weik-³ in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

e·vict·eeˈ (ĭ-vĭk-tēˈ, ĭ-vĭkˈtē) noun

e·vicˈtion noun

e·vicˈtor noun

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