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.
has been evicting
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present perfect progressiveof evict (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Already, the decision to give Rio the Games has become an issue because the city has been evicting poor residents of some of the country’s biggest slums to make way for Olympic construction.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2013
