EVICT


Meaning of EVICT in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

forcibly

Groups of two or three male lions try to take over harems of females by forcibly evicting the existing male owners.

A cantankerous sojourn in Aberdeen ended when he was forcibly evicted from his lodgings.

■ NOUN

home

The bishop was then evicted from his home .

Others have been evicted from abusive homes or left because their parents have no money, food or love to give them.

There were 85, 000 businesses bankrupt, 5, 000 bank failures, 275, 000 families evicted from their homes .

■ VERB

try

If she tried to evict him an undignified struggle would only ensue and she wouldn't give him the satisfaction.

But for twenty years a south hereford district council has tried to get them evicted .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Frank was evicted from his apartment four months ago.

Her mother, who has now been evicted from her home too, is staying with friends.

If we are evicted we'll have nowhere to go.

They had been evicted for non-payment of rent.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But for twenty years a south hereford district council has tried to get them evicted.

It is the building society who's evicting you, Mr Travers, not your landlord.

One man was evicted when he was discovered to be carrying two small cans of paint.

Rabbits are not territorial creatures to the extent of evicting other rabbits moving into their home ground from further afield.

Thumbelina, evicted, lived in the woods for the entire summer until winter.

Twenty years ago, the police were coming down the street to evict everybody.

With a mixture of threats and promises, Halvorsen managed to evict his determined offspring, and led Floyd into the office.

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