/ ɪˈvɪkt; NAmE / verb
[ vn ] evict sb (from sth) to force sb to leave a house or land, especially when you have the legal right to do so :
A number of tenants have been evicted for not paying the rent.
► evic·tion / ɪˈvɪkʃn; NAmE / noun [ U , C ]:
to face eviction from your home
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WORD 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.