evict — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   evict a tenant

   threat to evict

   More examples (4)

   legally evict

   The landlord threatened to evict them for nonpayment.

   The protesters were forcibly evicted.

   The legislation also seeks to outlaw “balconing”, the practice of jumping into a swimming pool from a hotel balcony that kills several people each year. In future, hotels will have to evict anyone practising balconing or encouraging others to do so.

2. To eject from a memory cache to reduce the cache's size.

   Usage

   • Transitive

Verb

1. expel or eject without recourse to legal process

   Broader terms

   ejectchuck outexcludeturf outboot outturn out

   Examples

   The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m.

2. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process

   Synonyms

   force out

   Broader terms

   ejectchuck outexcludeturf outboot outturn out

   Examples

   The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months