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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
evict
    v 1: 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: 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" [syn: evict, force out]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Evict \E*vict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evicted; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Evicting.] [L. evictus, p. p. of evincere to overcome
   completely, evict. See Evince.]
   1. (Law) To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess
      by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to
      oust.
      [1913 Webster]

            The law of England would speedily evict them out of
            their possession.                     --Sir. J.
                                                  Davies.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To evince; to prove. [Obs.] --Cheyne.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Evict:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
boot out, chase, chuck, cut off, disendow, disherison, disinherit, dislodge, dismiss, disown, dispossess, disseise, eject, expel, expropriate, extrude, force out, foreclose, kick out, oust, out, put out, remove, shut out, throw out, toss out, turn out, unhouse, unkennel
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