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Definition of evict verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

evict

 verb
verb
NAmE//ɪˈvɪkt//
 
evict somebody (from something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they evict
 
he / she / it evicts
 
past simple evicted
 
-ing form evicting
 
 
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to force someone to leave a house or land, especially when you have the legal right to do so A number of tenants have been evicted for not paying the rent. The council has tried to get them evicted.
eviction
 
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NAmE//ɪˈvɪkʃn//
 
noun [uncountable, countable] to face eviction from your homeSee evict in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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