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Evict

//ɨˈvɪkt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out. transitive

    "evict a tenant"

  2. 2
    expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process wordnet
  3. 3
    To eject from a memory cache to reduce the cache's size. transitive
  4. 4
    expel or eject without recourse to legal process wordnet

Etymology

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

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