evict
Use Evict in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to expel (a person, especially a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent. Synonyms: eject, remove, dispossess, dislodge.
2.
to recover (property, titles, etc.) by virtue of superior legal title.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English evicten < Late Latin ēvictus having recovered one's property by law, Latin: past participle of ēvincere to overcome, conquer, evince), equivalent to ē- e-1 + vic- (past participle stem of vincere; see victor) + -tus past participle suffix
1400–50; late Middle English evicten < Late Latin ēvictus having recovered one's property by law, Latin: past participle of ēvincere to overcome, conquer, evince), equivalent to ē- e-1 + vic- (past participle stem of vincere; see victor) + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
e·vic·tion, noun
e·vic·tor, noun
non·e·vic·tion, noun
re·e·vict, verb (used with object)
un·e·vict·ed, adjective
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to expel (a tenant) from property by process of law; turn out |
| 2. | to recover (property or the title to property) by judicial process or by virtue of a superior title |
| [C15: from Late Latin ēvincere, from Latin: to vanquish utterly, from vincere to conquer] | |
| e'viction | |
| —n | |
| e'victor | |
| —n | |
| evic'tee | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
evict
mid-15c., "recover property," from L. evictus, pp. of evincere "recover property, overcome and expel, conquer," from ex- "out" + vincere "conquer" (see victor). Sense of "expel by legal process" first recorded in English 1530s. Related: Evicted; evicting.
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Example sentences
The proposition that other people have a right to forcibly evict such people by virtue of sharing the same ancestry is spurious.
Some landlords will evict tenants who are habitually late with rent.
Two squatters were killed when the police tried to evict them.
The judge or jury may decide the landlord has the right to evict the tenant.
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