Definitions of evict [ɪˈvɪkt]

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Definition of 'evict'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) evict
to expel (a person, esp. a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent.

2. evict
to recover (property, titles, etc.) by virtue of superior legal title.

3. evict
to throw or force out; eject; expel.

Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < LL ēvictus having recovered one's property by law, L: ptp. of ēvincere to overcome, conquer, evince)

Definition of 'evict'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) evict
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) evict, force out
expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process
"The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"

Definition of 'evict'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) evict
to dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust

2. (verb) evict
to evince; to prove

Translation of 'evict'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to put out from house or land especially by force of law.
Afrikaans: geregtelik uitsit	Arabic: يُخْرِج، يُخْلي، يَطْرُد	Bulgarian: изгонвам
Brazilian: despejar	Czech: (soudně) vystěhovat	German: vertreiben
Danish: sætte ud; sætte på gaden	Greek: κάνω έξωση	Spanish: desahuciar, desalojar
Estonian: (kohtulikult) välja tõstm	Farsi: بیرون کردن	Finnish: häätää
French: expulser (de)	Hebrew: לְפָנוֹת	Hindi: बेदखल करना
Croatian: izbaciti, sudski izbaciti	Hungarian: kilakoltat	Indonesian: mengusir
Icelandic: beraút	Italian: sfrattare	Japanese: 立ちのかせる
Korean: (법적 절차에 따라) 퇴거시키다	Lithuanian: iškeldinti, ištremti	Latvian: izlikt; padzīt (no mājām,
Malay: usir	Dutch: uitzetten	Norwegian: kaste ut, sette på gata
Polish: wyeksmitować	Persian: بیرون کردن	Pashto: شړل، بی برخه کول
Portuguese: despejar	Romanian: a evacua	Russian: выселять
Slovak: (súdne) vysťahovať	Slovenian: nasilno izseliti	Serbian: izbaciti sudskim putem
Swedish: vräka, avhysa	Thai: ขับไล่	Turkish: tahliye ettirmek
Taiwanese: 驅逐，趕出(從房子或土地)	Ukrainian: відсудити	Urdu: قانونی طور پر گھر یا جائی
Vietnamese: đuổi (ai) khỏi nhà	Chinese: 驱逐，依法收回（财产等）
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