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- pronunciation:
- ih
vihkt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
evicts, evicting, evicted |
| definition 1: |
to remove (a tenant or the like) from a premises by legal procedure.
- synonyms:
- eject
- similar words:
- chuck, dislodge, dispossess, kick out, oust, remove
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| definition 2: |
to recover (property or the like) by possessing a superior legal claim.
- synonyms:
- expropriate
- similar words:
- foreclose, recover, repossess
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| related words: |
banish, bar, bounce, deport, desolate, displace, eject, evacuate |
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| derivations: |
eviction (n.), evictor (n.) |
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