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evictee

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e⋅vict⋅ee

  [i-vik-tee, i-vik-tee]
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–noun
a person who has been evicted.
Origin:
1875–80; evict + -ee
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e·vict   (ĭ-vĭkt')   
tr.v.   e·vict·ed, e·vict·ing, e·victs

  1. To put out (a tenant, for example) by legal process; expel.

  2. To force out; eject. See Synonyms at eject.

  3. Law To recover (property, for example) by a superior claim or legal process.


[Middle English evicten, from Latin ēvincere, ēvict-, to vanquish : ē-, ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + vincere, to defeat; see weik-3 in Indo-European roots.]
e·vict·ee' (ĭ-vĭk-tē', ĭ-vĭk'tē) n., e·vic'tion n., e·vic'tor n.
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