What does "evict" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "evict"?

Common synonyms include: eject, banish, boot out, cast, chase, chased.

/ɨˈvɪkt/ verb

verb ·Moderate ·College level

Verb

1
To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out. transitive
"evict a tenant"
2
expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process wordnet
3
To eject from a memory cache to reduce the cache's size. transitive
4
expel or eject without recourse to legal process wordnet

"If you don't pay rent, the landlord will evict you."

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