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evict en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪˈvɪkt/ (General-American)
• /ɨˈvɪkt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /iˈvɪkt/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English evicten, evycten, borrowed from Latin ēvictus, past participle of ēvincō (“to vanquish completely”). Doublet of evince.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.
   • The landlord threatened to evict them for nonpayment.
   • legally evict
   • 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. 2020 January 17, Stephen Burgen, “Balearic islands pass bill targeting boozy Brits abroad”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2020:
   • The protesters were forcibly evicted.
   • threat to evict
   • evict a tenant
2. (transitive) To eject from a memory cache to reduce the cache's size.

Forms

Deriveds

evictee · renovict · evictable · evictor · unevicted · eviction

Relateds

evince

Synonyms

eject

Translations (53)

de verweisen (to expel) · ru выселя́ть (to expel) · de exmittieren (to expel) · cy troi allan (to expel) · nl uitzetten (to expel) · ko 퇴거시키다 (to expel) · pt desalojar (to expel) · mr हुसकावणे (to expel) · bg изселвам (to expel) · ru изгоня́ть (to expel) · ja 追い出す (to expel) · cmn 赶出 (to expel) · uk виселя́ти (to expel) · ru выгоня́ть (to expel) · ro expulza (to expel) · io eviktar (to expel) · mi tute (to expel) · fr évincer (to expel) · mr निष्कासित करणे (to expel) · es evictar (to expel) · ar أَجْلَى (to expel) · el κάνω έξωση (to expel) · pl eksmitować (to expel) · eo eldomigi (to expel) · nl verjagen (to expel) · mi pana (to expel) · fi häätää (to expel) · ko 쫓아내다 (to expel) · pt despejar (to expel) · eo evikcii (to expel) · sv vräka (to expel) · ga díshealbhaigh (to expel) · ru вы́селить (to expel) · mr बाहेर टाकणे (to expel) · sv avhysa (to expel) · es eviccionar (to expel) · es desalojar (to expel) · de ausweisen (to expel) · es desahuciar (to expel) · hu kilakoltat (to expel) · el ξεσπιτώνω (to expel) · ja 立ち退かせる (to expel) · ar طَرَدَ (to expel) · mi pei (to expel) · ca desnonar (to expel) · de vertreiben (to expel) · ro evinge (to expel) · bg изгонвам (to expel) · uk ви́селити (to expel) · it sfrattare (to expel) · cmn 驅逐 /驱逐 (to expel) · mr बेदखल करणे (to expel) · eu kanporatu (to expel)