evicted; evicting; evicts
1
a
: to recover (property) from a person by legal process
b
: to put (a tenant) out by legal process
2
: to force out : expel
Examples of evict in a Sentence
His landlord has threatened to evict him if he doesn't pay the rent soon.
They were evicted from their apartment.
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The solution: evict those states that are not true believers.
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Stacie E. Goddard, Foreign Affairs, 28 July 2025
This left just Amy and Will, one of whom was evicted after a unanimous vote.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 28 July 2025
Troopers are now searching for the former tenant, 54-year-old James Sever, who was evicted from the Salem Township property in June, Pennsylvania State Police said July 25.
—Mike Stunson, Miami Herald, 28 July 2025
Short on cash, Space Perspective furloughed nearly its entire workforce in January and was evicted a few months later from the Florida airport that hosted several of its facilities, according to media reports.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 27 July 2025
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Stacie E. Goddard, Foreign Affairs, 28 July 2025
This left just Amy and Will, one of whom was evicted after a unanimous vote.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 28 July 2025
Troopers are now searching for the former tenant, 54-year-old James Sever, who was evicted from the Salem Township property in June, Pennsylvania State Police said July 25.
—Mike Stunson, Miami Herald, 28 July 2025
Short on cash, Space Perspective furloughed nearly its entire workforce in January and was evicted a few months later from the Florida airport that hosted several of its facilities, according to media reports.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 27 July 2025
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“Evict.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evict. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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evict
verb
: to put (a person) out from property by legal action
Legal Definition
evict
transitive verb
: to put (a tenant) out of property by force, by virtue of a paramount title, or especially by legal process
Etymology
Medieval Latin evictus, past participle of evincere to recover (property) by legal process, from Latin, to vanquish, regain possession of
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