| VERB | contact | evict | expel or eject without recourse to legal process |
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| contact | evict, force out | expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process |
| Sounds | ihvih'kt | |
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| Rhymes | addict ... verdict: 24 rhymes with ihkt... | |
| Meaning | Expel or eject without recourse to legal process. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Example | "The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m." | |
| Broader | eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out | put out or expel from a place |
| Similar to | evict, force out | Expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process |
| Nouns | eviction | action by a landlord that compels a tenant / tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy) |
| Meaning | Expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Example | "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months" | |
| Synonym | force out | |
| Broader | eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out | put out or expel from a place |
| Similar to | evict | Expel or eject without recourse to legal process |
| Spanish | desahuciar, expulsar | |
| Catalan | expulsar | |
| Nouns | eviction | the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant / tenant) from the possession of land by process of law |
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