[evict] vt [ME, fr. LL evictus, pp. of evincere, fr. L, to vanquish, win a point--more at evince] (15c) 1 a: to recover (property) from a person by legal process b: to put (a tenant) out by legal process
2: to force out: expel syn see eject -- evic.tion n -- evic.tor n