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evict
(/I/'v/I/kt )

verb (v)

  • expel or eject without recourse to legal process(verb.contact)
    Example:
    The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m..
    source: wordnet30
  • expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process(verb.contact)
    Example:
    The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months.
    Synonym:
    force out
    source: wordnet30
  • To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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