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
Verb
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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Rachel Desantis,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
Landlords in Durban and Johannesburg also evicted foreign tenants illegally to avoid further trouble, witnesses alleged.
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30 June 2026
In the early 1960s he was evicted from Knock John, another sea fort closer to Britain’s coast.
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30 June 2026
The ordinance would require landlords to provide a valid reason before evicting a tenant or declining to renew their lease.
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Verb
The number of weekly episodes was cut down from six to three, and the power to evict was placed in the hands of the houseguests, as opposed to a public vote.
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Rachel Desantis,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
Landlords in Durban and Johannesburg also evicted foreign tenants illegally to avoid further trouble, witnesses alleged.
—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2026
In the early 1960s he was evicted from Knock John, another sea fort closer to Britain’s coast.
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 June 2026
The ordinance would require landlords to provide a valid reason before evicting a tenant or declining to renew their lease.
—
Megan De Mar,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
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“Evict.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evict. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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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
Transitive verb
Medieval Latin evictus, past participle of evincere to recover (property) by legal process, from Latin, to vanquish, regain possession of
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