evict
verb (used with object)
to expel (a person, especially a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent.
evicted
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past participleof evict.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof evict.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
evictverb (used with object)to expel (a person, especially a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent.
Example Sentences
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However property guardians also have significantly fewer rights than private renters and can be evicted with just 28 days' notice.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
It is being forced to, the way a homeowner under water on his mortgage does not so much decide to sell as get evicted by the arithmetic.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Today, Wahhoga Village includes a traditional roundhouse, traditional cedar bark houses known as umachas and the only cabin that the park service didn’t burn when it evicted the remaining families from the site in 1969.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
But Palestinians to whom AFP spoke feared being evicted entirely.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
On it, there’s a cat food bowl with dried stuff in it, and drapey cobwebs up in the corners, and a fat spider that has zero fear of being evicted.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
