as in to eject
to force (someone) to leave a place
His landlord has threatened to evict him if he doesn't pay the rent soon. They were evicted from their apartment.
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Recent Examples of evict
Marie Franklin paid the parking meter and dashed into Hartford housing court for a December 2023 hearing that would determine if she would get evicted from her apartment.
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Dave Altimari, ProPublica, 30 June 2025
Housing providers are not allowed to evict tenants during the grant’s coverage period for nonpayment of rent.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
Jessie was evicted in a blindside, flipping the season’s power dynamic and cementing Jeff’s place as a fan favorite.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 July 2025
The friend was eventually evicted from the house, according to the court documents.
—July 1, CBS News, 1 July 2025
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Dave Altimari, ProPublica, 30 June 2025
Housing providers are not allowed to evict tenants during the grant’s coverage period for nonpayment of rent.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
Jessie was evicted in a blindside, flipping the season’s power dynamic and cementing Jeff’s place as a fan favorite.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 July 2025
The friend was eventually evicted from the house, according to the court documents.
—July 1, CBS News, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evict
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The seventh inning, meanwhile, saw Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake get ejected.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
24 July 2025
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In March, he was ejected in Phoenix after a dust-up with Durant.—
Doug Haller,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
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And Leland was banished forever to a naughty mystical closet at the silent retreat upstate.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
16 July 2025
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With billions of dollars at his disposal and tech masterminds at his service, Luthor sets out to banish Superman from Earth forever.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
14 July 2025
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In early 2019, then-Chancellor Rebecca Blank upheld the findings and expelled Cephus.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
16 July 2025
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Bridgeport, home of the Doremus Congregational Church, was hit hard by the tragedy. 1912: U.S. Sen. William Lorimer of Illinois was expelled from the U.S. Senate for election rigging following Tribune’s reports of corruption.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
13 July 2025
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The felony charges were dismissed with prejudice, meaning they can't be refiled.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Courier-Journal,
25 July 2025
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Doctors dismissed the spider bite and didn’t give her a clear explanation.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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Health care providers told The Associated Press that everything, especially the fear of being arrested or deported, is having a chilling effect on people seeking care.—
Tran Nguyen,
Chicago Tribune,
19 July 2025
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Most – if not all – have been convicted of crimes of varying severity, though many served their full sentences before being deported.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
18 July 2025
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Indigenous and colonized people paid the price, dispossessed of their lands.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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He was not dispossessed at all in the match and was generally a menace to SKC’s players.—
Felipe Cardenas,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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They are silenced, punished, exiled – for daring to write.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 July 2025
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The second Renko novel, Polar Star (1989), in which the investigator is exiled to a Soviet factory ship in the Arctic, is my favorite of the whole series.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
16 July 2025
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Two years after the Goetz incident, a white mob in the Italian American enclave of Howard Beach in New York chased 23-year-old Michael Griffith and two friends, all Black, and beat Griffith to death for simply being in their neighborhood.—
Robert Chiarito,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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An ax-wielding stranger initially mistaken for a delivery driver chased a woman into her home, then led deputies on a 13-mile chase, a California sheriff’s office reported.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
14 July 2025
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“Evict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evict. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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