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VERB (2)

1. expel or eject without recourse to legal process;
- Example: "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;
- Example: "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"
[syn: evict, force out]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Evict \E*vict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Evicting.] [L. evictus, p. p. of evincere to overcome completely, evict. See Evince.] 1. (Law) To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust. [1913 Webster] The law of England would speedily evict them out of their possession. --Sir. J. Davies. [1913 Webster] 2. To evince; to prove. [Obs.] --Cheyne. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

evict v 1: expel or eject without recourse to legal process; "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; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months" [syn: evict, force out]