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e•vict /ɪˈvɪkt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]

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

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

e•vict (i vikt′),USA pronunciation v.t.

Lawto expel (a person, esp. a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent.
Lawto 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.

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evict /ɪˈvɪkt/ vb (transitive)

to expel (a tenant) from property by process of law; turn out
to recover (property or the title to property) by judicial process or by virtue of a superior title

Etymology: 15th Century: from Late Latin ēvincere, from Latin: to vanquish utterly, from vincere to conquereˈviction n eˈvictor n eˌvicˈtee n

'evicted' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

dispossessed - evictee

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