Standard Lemma guide

evict

verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɨˈvɪkt/
  • General-American: /iˈvɪkt/
  • General-American: /ɪˈvɪkt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪkt
  • CMU ARPABET: IH0 V IH1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • evict a tenant
  • threat to evict
  • legally evict
  • The landlord threatened to evict them for nonpayment.
  • The protesters were forcibly evicted.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To eject from a memory cache to reduce the cache's size.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: force out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out

4

verb

Meaning 4

expel or eject without recourse to legal process

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out

History

Etymology

From Middle English evicten, evycten, borrowed from Latin ēvictus, past participle of ēvincō (“to vanquish completely”). Doublet of evince.

Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَجْلَى (ʔajlā) — to expel
  • Arabic: طَرَدَ (ṭarada) — to expel
  • Basque: kanporatu — to expel
  • Bulgarian: изгонвам (izgonvam) — to expel
  • Bulgarian: изселвам (izselvam) — to expel
  • Catalan: desnonar — to expel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 驅逐 /驱逐 (qūzhú) — to expel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 赶出 (gǎnchū) — to expel
  • Dutch: verjagen — to expel
  • Dutch: uitzetten — to expel
  • Esperanto: evikcii — to expel
  • Esperanto: eldomigi — to expel
  • Finnish: häätää — to expel
  • French: évincer — to expel
  • German: vertreiben — to expel
  • German: verweisen — to expel
  • German: ausweisen — to expel
  • German: exmittieren — to expel
  • Greek: κάνω έξωση (káno éxosi) — to expel
  • Greek: ξεσπιτώνω (xespitóno) — to expel
  • Hungarian: kilakoltat — to expel
  • Ido: eviktar — to expel
  • Irish: díshealbhaigh — to expel
  • Italian: sfrattare — to expel
  • Japanese: 追い出す (oidasu) — to expel
  • Japanese: 立ち退かせる (tachinokaseru) — to expel
  • Korean: 쫓아내다 (jjochanaeda) — to expel
  • Korean: 퇴거시키다 (toegeosikida) — to expel
  • Māori: pana — to expel
  • Māori: pei — to expel
  • Māori: tute — to expel
  • Marathi: निष्कासित करणे (niṣkāsit karṇe) — to expel
  • Marathi: बेदखल करणे (bedkhal karṇe) — to expel
  • Marathi: बाहेर टाकणे (bāher ṭākṇe) — to expel
  • Marathi: हुसकावणे (huskāvṇe) — to expel
  • Polish: eksmitować — to expel
  • Portuguese: despejar — to expel
  • Portuguese: desalojar — to expel
  • Romanian: evinge — to expel
  • Romanian: expulza — to expel
  • Russian: выселя́ть (vyseljátʹ) — to expel
  • Russian: вы́селить (výselitʹ) — to expel
  • Russian: выгоня́ть (vygonjátʹ) — to expel
  • Russian: изгоня́ть (izgonjátʹ) — to expel
  • Spanish: desahuciar — to expel
  • Spanish: desalojar — to expel
  • Spanish: eviccionar — to expel
  • Spanish: evictar — to expel
  • Swedish: vräka — to expel
  • Swedish: avhysa — to expel
  • Ukrainian: виселя́ти (vyseljáty) — to expel
  • Ukrainian: ви́селити (výselyty) — to expel
  • Welsh: troi allan — to expel
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