as in to eject
to force (someone) to leave a place
His landlord has threatened to evict him if he doesn't pay the rent soon. They were evicted from their apartment.
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of evict
In mid-August, the building’s owner filed a lawsuit seeking to evict Settle from the property.
—
Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
Like many of the other eight places on the strip, the International House of Pancakes — yes, this location is listed that way in state records — couldn’t evict its small, four-legged, furry friends.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
In 1941, troops evicted 10,000 islanders at gunpoint to seize the land.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
The two had been evicted from their home and were sleeping some nights in a hospital lobby before turning to Room in the Inn, the teen girl said.
—Taylor Batten, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for evict
Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
Like many of the other eight places on the strip, the International House of Pancakes — yes, this location is listed that way in state records — couldn’t evict its small, four-legged, furry friends.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
In 1941, troops evicted 10,000 islanders at gunpoint to seize the land.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
The two had been evicted from their home and were sleeping some nights in a hospital lobby before turning to Room in the Inn, the teen girl said.
—Taylor Batten, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for evict
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evict
Verb
-
Matthew Hubble, 37, of Brookland, Arkansas, was out on a boat with friends when he was ejected.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
20 Oct. 2025
-
In Mali, French forces were ejected in 2022 after battling Islamist terror groups for nine years.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
The man in the suit, banished from Faik Ağa, had taken up a spot at Irfan’s café.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
-
When evil forces threaten their magical land of Coventry, the sisters have to band together to banish them.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
There’s a wonderful chapter in which an older woman extolls a younger one to tell a painful story not with words, but with movements, so as to expel her pain without enlisting narrative’s power to summon, and thus force a re-living, of painful events.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
-
In at least three Sahel states — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — military juntas that came to power in coups, notably Niger and Mali, have expelled Western military forces.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
Venables was dismissed early in the next campaign following three straight defeats, but Lineker went on to net another 20 times that season, helping win the Copa del Rey under Luis Aragones.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
-
Court rules don't allow plaintiffs to submit additional evidence to counter a motion to dismiss, Alex said.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
To remove or deport someone from the country?—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
-
Trujillo pointed to efforts to deport Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, as well as the detention of Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
Like Dunbar’s speakers, Hughes’s dispossessed have no way out, and the poem implicitly refutes optimism regarding the Great Migration and racial progress.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
-
As with the enclosures in England and Scotland, villagers were uprooted and dispossessed to make way for sheep and cattle.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
Dharamshala is best known internationally as the seat of the Dalai Lama, who has been based there since being exiled from Tibet in 1959.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
-
As details of Prince Andrew's past correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein continue to surface, royal experts claim King Charles III is facing mounting pressure from family members to exile his brother as fear of the monarchy's demise lingers.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
The Jays capitalized on the Dodgers’ weak middle relief after chasing starter Blake Snell in the sixth inning to bust open a massive lead.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
-
At Longy, while classmates entered competitions and chased prestigious symphony positions, Wasefi spoke of returning to Afghanistan’s provinces to teach music.—
Vidushi Mishti Sharma,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Evict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evict. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share