evicted Definition

evict
verb

evicted, evicting
1. To put someone out of a house, etc or off land by force of law.

Thesaurus: eject, expel, remove, dispossess, expropriate, cast out, put out, kick out, oust, show the door, give the bum's rush (US slang).

Derivative: eviction
noun

The process of evicting people, especially from a building.
Thesaurus: ejection, expulsion, removal, dispossession, expropriation, dislodgment, the bum's rush (US slang).

Etymology: 15c: from Latin evincere, evictum to overcome.