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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.
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- + 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- + 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
Synonyms
1. eject, remove, dispossess, dislodge.
1. eject, remove, dispossess, dislodge.
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Example Sentences
- The case comes at a time when landlords might be tempted to evict rent-control tenants.
- Your landlord cannot evict you without filing an eviction lawsuit.
- Two squatters were killed when the police tried to evict them.
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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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