evict
verb
[ ɪˈvɪkt ]
• expel (someone) from a property, especially with the support of the law.
• "a single mother and her children have been evicted from their home"
Similar:
expel,
eject,
oust,
remove,
dislodge,
turn out,
put out,
force out,
throw out,
throw out on the streets,
throw out on one's ear,
drum out,
drive out,
dispossess,
expropriate,
chuck out,
kick out,
boot out,
heave out,
bounce,
throw someone out on their ear,
show someone the door,
turf out,
give someone the bum's rush,
defenestrate,
out,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘recover property by legal process’): from Latin evict- ‘overcome, defeated’, from the verb evincere, from e- (variant of ex- ) ‘out’ + vincere ‘conquer’.
