Meanings
present singular third person evicts · participle present evicting · participle past evicted · past evicted
- transitiveTo expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.
legally evict
5 more examples
evict a tenant
threat to evict
The landlord threatened to evict them for nonpayment.
The protesters were forcibly evicted.
The legislation also seeks to outlaw “balconing”, the practice of jumping into a swimming pool from a hotel balcony that kills several people each year. In future, hotels will have to evict anyone practising balconing or encouraging others to do so.
2020 January 17, Stephen Burgen, “Balearic islands pass bill targeting boozy Brits abroad”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2020
Synonyms & antonyms
verbexpel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinēvictus
- Middle Englishevicten
- Englishevict
From Middle English evicten, evycten, borrowed from Latin ēvictus, past participle of ēvincō (“to vanquish completely”). Doublet of evince.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic أَجْلَى, طَرَدَ
- أَجْلَى (ʔajlā)to expel
- طَرَدَ (ṭarada)to expel
Basque kanporatu
- kanporatuto expel
Bulgarian изгонвам, изселвам
- изгонвам (izgonvam)to expel
- изселвам (izselvam)to expel
Catalan desnonar
- desnonarto expel
Chinese Mandarin 驅逐 /驱逐, 赶出
- 驅逐 /驱逐 (qūzhú)to expel
- 赶出 (gǎnchū)to expel
Dutch verjagen, uitzetten
- verjagento expel
- uitzettento expel
Esperanto evikcii, eldomigi
- evikciito expel
- eldomigito expel
Finnish häätää
- häätääto expel
French évincer
- évincerto expel
German vertreiben, verweisen
- vertreibento expel
- verweisento expel
- ausweisento expel
- exmittierento expel
Greek κάνω έξωση, ξεσπιτώνω
- κάνω έξωση (káno éxosi)to expel
- ξεσπιτώνω (xespitóno)to expel
Hungarian kilakoltat
- kilakoltatto expel
Irish díshealbhaigh
- díshealbhaighto expel
Italian sfrattare
- sfrattareto expel
Japanese 追い出す, 立ち退かせる
- 追い出す (oidasu)to expel
- 立ち退かせる (tachinokaseru)to expel
Korean 쫓아내다, 퇴거시키다
- 쫓아내다 (jjochanaeda)to expel
- 퇴거시키다 (toegeosikida)to expel
Māori pana, pei
- panato expel
- peito expel
- tuteto expel
Polish eksmitować
- eksmitowaćto expel
Portuguese despejar, desalojar
- despejarto expel
- desalojarto expel
Romanian evinge, expulza
- evingeto expel
- expulzato expel
Russian выселя́ть, вы́селить
- выселя́ть (vyseljátʹ)to expel
- вы́селить (výselitʹ)to expel
- выгоня́ть (vygonjátʹ)to expel
- изгоня́ть (izgonjátʹ)to expel
Spanish desahuciar, desalojar
- desahuciarto expel
- desalojarto expel
- eviccionarto expel
- evictarto expel
Swedish vräka, avhysa
- vräkato expel
- avhysato expel
Ukrainian виселя́ти, ви́селити
- виселя́ти (vyseljáty)to expel
- ви́селити (výselyty)to expel
Welsh troi allan
- troi allanto expel
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Cite this entry
evict. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evict
“evict.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evict. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “evict,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evict.
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