ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsEevict
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evict
Meaning: to legally remove someone from a property they occupy
evict in a sentence
How evict is used in real sentences:
The landlord threatened to evict the tenants over unpaid rent.
After months of unpaid bills, the building's owner finally moved to evict the family from the small apartment.
“One landlord asks a court to evict a tenant, while the tenant says the building owner ignored repairs and now wants revenge.”
— from the passage Inside the Jury Room
Synonyms for evict
Other words for evict — expel and oust — carry the same meaning.
- expel
- oust
Where it comes from
From Latin evincere 'to overcome, dispossess'
Memory hook
E (out) + VICT (conquer) — winning means kicking a tenant out.