evict

[ih-vikt] /ɪˈvɪkt/

verb (used with object)

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.

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

Related forms

eviction, noun

evictor, noun

noneviction, noun

reevict, verb (used with object)

unevicted, adjective

Examples from the web for evict

Your landlord cannot evict you without filing an eviction lawsuit.
Two squatters were killed when the police tried to evict them.
But first, they have to evict the males already living in the targeted group.
If the order is granted, and the unit owner fails to comply, the condo may have the right to evict the owner and foreclose.
Some landlords will evict tenants who are habitually late with rent.
Government had scope to be more patient then go hastily to evict her.
These modern-day hermits live in the remote valley, eluding occasional roundups to evict them.
The proposition that other people have a right to forcibly evict such people by virtue of sharing the same ancestry is spurious.
His landlord nevertheless sued to evict him, but a month later dropped the suit.
But it's important that you do it, else there is a risk that he will evict the people.

British Dictionary definitions for evict

evict

/ɪˈvɪkt/

verb (transitive)

to expel (a tenant) from property by process of law; turn out

to recover (property or the title to property) by judicial process or by virtue of a superior title

Derived Forms

eviction, noun
evictor, noun
evictee, noun

Word Origin

C15: from Late Latin ēvincere, from Latin: to vanquish utterly, from vincere to conquer

Word Origin and History for evict

mid-15c., "recover (property) by judicial means," from Latin evictus, past participle of evincere "recover property, overcome and expel, conquer," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + vincere "conquer" (see victor). Sense of "expel by legal process" first recorded in English 1530s. Related: Evicted; evicting.