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evict

/ɪ'vɪkt/

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verb
expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process
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"The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"

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force out

type of:
turn out chuck out exclude turf out boot out eject
verb
expel or eject without recourse to legal process
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"The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m."

type of:
boot out chuck out eject exclude turf out turn out

Definition that contains evict

retaliatory eviction an eviction in reprisal for the tenant's good-faith complaints against the landlord; illegal in many states