EVICT

evict, force out

(verb) 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”

evict

(verb) 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.”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

evict (third-person singular simple present evicts, present participle evicting, simple past and past participle evicted)

(transitive) To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.

Anagrams

• civet

Source: Wiktionary

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E*vict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Evicting.] Etym: [L. evictus, p. p. of evincere to overcome completely, evict. See Evince.]

1. (Law)

Definition: To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust. The law of England would speedily evict them out of their possession. Sir. J. Davies.

2. To evince; to prove. [Obs.] Cheyne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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