as in banished
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.
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Recent Examples of evicted
Police also found that the Crouses and Soho had been evicted from the apartment on North Main Street.
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2026
Not since the Scoobies evicted Buffy from her own damn house has the BtVS fandom felt so betrayed.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
In fact, she was barely seen in the last few months of 2025, since she and Andrew were evicted from Royal Lodge.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 18 Mar. 2026
According to Sunkara, the club owners stopped paying rent in fall 2024, leading to a lawsuit and a judge’s ruling in December 2025 that the club be evicted and the property returned to the owner/landlord.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Neighbors dying, neighbors moving out, temporary neighbors moving in for a summer internship, neighbors evicted.
—Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
Andrew was later evicted from his longtime home, Royal Lodge, and stripped of his remaining royal titles and honors by his brother King Charles III.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 16 Mar. 2026
Suzanne and her husband had been living in a Queens shelter for two months after being evicted from their apartment.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
Mickey Rourke has been evicted from his Los Angeles home after failing to pay nearly $60,000 in back rent.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2026
Not since the Scoobies evicted Buffy from her own damn house has the BtVS fandom felt so betrayed.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
In fact, she was barely seen in the last few months of 2025, since she and Andrew were evicted from Royal Lodge.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 18 Mar. 2026
According to Sunkara, the club owners stopped paying rent in fall 2024, leading to a lawsuit and a judge’s ruling in December 2025 that the club be evicted and the property returned to the owner/landlord.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Neighbors dying, neighbors moving out, temporary neighbors moving in for a summer internship, neighbors evicted.
—Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
Andrew was later evicted from his longtime home, Royal Lodge, and stripped of his remaining royal titles and honors by his brother King Charles III.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 16 Mar. 2026
Suzanne and her husband had been living in a Queens shelter for two months after being evicted from their apartment.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
Mickey Rourke has been evicted from his Los Angeles home after failing to pay nearly $60,000 in back rent.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evicted
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Andrew has already been banished to Sandringham and stripped of his titles.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
21 Mar. 2026
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All of those players Miami banished/traded away that 2019 Tanking for Tua season were proven NFL starters, players who had the ability to continue their careers as impactful contributors to the Dolphins.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2026
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The driver, who has not been publicly identified, was ejected from the SUV on impact and pronounced dead at the scene.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
18 Mar. 2026
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The Tarrant County District Attorney's Office will decide whether more serious charges are filed against a Fort Worth teen mother whose infant son died after being ejected from their car in a March 7 crash, police said Tuesday.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Gel deodorant is expelled through holes in the applicator.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Rogue planets—many of which have already been detected drifting through space—are thought to have been expelled from their original systems through gravitational interactions.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Mar. 2026
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In that context, historic preservation can be dismissed as sentimental, optional or even indulgent.—
Jennifer N. Pritzker,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
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At a time of ballooning deficits, that shouldn’t be dismissed.—
Bloomberg Opinion,
Twin Cities,
22 Mar. 2026
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The protesters included secular left-wingers and nationalists as well as Islamists, but Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a fundamentalist cleric at that time exiled in France, emerged as the movement's undisputed figurehead.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
8 Mar. 2026
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Most of them have been jailed or exiled or arrested or even killed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Jalloh was ultimately issued a final order of removal, stipulating that he could be deported anywhere other than his country of origin, but the deportation process was complicated by third-country removal restrictions.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Mar. 2026
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Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who had been living in Maryland with his family, was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March 2025.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, the shooting happened last Monday night after a 27-year-old man, identified as William Forhan, was robbed and then chased after the suspect while firing a gun multiple times.—
Joan Murray,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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All the agencies chased the versatile 25-year-old.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
23 Mar. 2026
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As Morocco’s indigenous inhabitants, El Hammoumy continued, the Berbers are like other native peoples around the world who have been systematically dispossessed of their lands and heritage for centuries.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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The Netherlands international was dispossessed seven times — the most of any player in a Premier League game this season.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Evicted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evicted. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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