[ɪˈvɪkt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- expel (someone) from a property, especially with the support of the law
(e.g: a single mother and her children have been evicted from their home)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘recover property by legal process’): from Latin evict- ‘overcome, defeated’, from the verb evincere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + vincere ‘conquer’