evict Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb expel or eject without recourse to legal process
    • The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m.
  2. verb expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process
    force out.
    • The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months

WordNet

E*vict" transitive verb
Etymology
L. evictus, p. p. of evincere to overcome completely, evict. See Evince.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Evicted; present participle & verbal noun Evicting
Definitions
  1. (Law) To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust.
    The law of England would speedily evict them out of their possession. Sir. J. Davies.
  2. To evince; to prove. Obs. Cheyne.

Webster 1913