From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishevicte‧vict /ɪˈvɪkt/ verb [transitive] FORCE somebody TO DO somethingto tell someone legally that they must leave the house they are living inevict somebody from something They were unable to pay the rent, and were evicted from their home.be/get evicted They refused to leave and were forcibly evicted (=evicted by force). attempts to have them evicted —eviction /ɪˈvɪkʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable] The family now faces eviction from their home.→ See Verb table
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evict• But for twenty years a south hereford district council has tried to get them evicted.• Twenty years ago, the police were coming down the street to evict everybody.• They had been evicted for non-payment of rent.• Her mother, who has now been evicted from her home too, is staying with friends.• Frank was evicted from his apartment four months ago.• With a mixture of threats and promises, Halvorsen managed to evict his determined offspring, and led Floyd into the office.• Thumbelina, evicted, lived in the woods for the entire summer until winter.• Rabbits are not territorial creatures to the extent of evicting other rabbits moving into their home ground from further afield.• If we are evicted we'll have nowhere to go.• One man was evicted when he was discovered to be carrying two small cans of paint.• It is the building society who's evicting you, Mr Travers, not your landlord.be/get evicted• That must be a comforting thought for a family about to be evicted.• Then my two boys got evicted.• The first was from a destitute young woman about to be evicted and threatening to gas her four children, then herself.• Since she was going to be evicted any moment, she hadn't seen much point in unpacking anything else.• They won't be evicted as they plan to leave.• Stoats generally construct their own small-diameter breeding chambers underground but I have known a stoat to be evicted from burrows by ferrets.• Tenant farmers with a year's rent arrears might be evicted on a fortnight's notice.• They belong to the countryside and were they to be evicted the countryside itself would cease to exist.From Longman Business Dictionaryevicte‧vict /ɪˈvɪkt/ verb [transitive]LAW to legally force someone to leave the house they are living in or land they are living onThey were evicted from their home for not paying the rent. —eviction noun [countable, uncountable]Foreclosure and eviction are nothing new in mortgage lending.→ See Verb tableOrigin evict (1500-1600) Latin past participle of evincere; → EVINCE 