eviction

UK: /ɪˈvɪkʃ^ən/

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e•vict /ɪˈvɪkt/   v. [~ + object]

1. Law to expel or force out (a person, esp. a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process.

e•vic•tion /ɪˈvɪkʃən/  n. [countable* uncountable] See -vict-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

e•vict  (i vikt′), v.t. 

1. Law to expel (a person, esp. a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent.
2. Law to recover (property, titles, etc.) by virtue of superior legal title.

• Late Latin ēvictus having recovered one's property by law, Latin: past participle of ēvincere to overcome, conquer, evince), equivalent. to ē- e- + vic- (past participle stem of vincere; see victor) + -tus past participle suffix
• late Middle English evicten 1400–50

e•vic′tion, n. 
e•vic′tor, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. eject, remove, dispossess, dislodge.