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evict

evict
Transitive Verb
past: evictedpp: evicteding: evicting

Meanings

Transitive Verbevict
[~ someone from something]

To legally force someone to leave a property, such as a house or land, typically because they have failed to pay rent or have violated a lease agreement.

The landlord decided to evict the tenants after they missed three months of rent.

Phrasal Verbs

evict from

to legally remove someone from a specific property or location

The court ordered the company to evict the squatters from the abandoned warehouse.

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