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evict.

To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɨˈvɪkt/Received-Pronunciation/iˈvɪkt/General-American/ɪˈvɪkt/General-American
  1. To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.

    transitive
    evict a tenant
    threat to evict
  2. To eject from a memory cache to reduce the cache's size.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English evicten, evycten, borrowed from Latin ēvictus, past participle of ēvincō (“to vanquish completely”). Doublet of evince.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.