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
The result is that many residents who are evicted lose their home.
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Cassie Powell, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Prince Andrew ⬆ Stripped of titles, evicted from his mansion, becomes Andrew Mountbatten Windsor—yet King Charles pays his rent at Sandringham for life.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
His brother will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and will be evicted from the royal mansion he's lived in.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2025
He will also be evicted from his home at Royal Lodge in Windsor and will be moved to a private residence.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
And the mass graves of corpses evicted from San Francisco cemeteries a century ago.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
The outlet added that Buckingham Palace officials are urging him to leave voluntarily, as he cannot be evicted under the terms of his current lease.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Highly doubt he can legally be evicted.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
In 1945, Austen and Tate, then in their 70s, were evicted for good.
—Margaret Hetherman, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
Cassie Powell, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Prince Andrew ⬆ Stripped of titles, evicted from his mansion, becomes Andrew Mountbatten Windsor—yet King Charles pays his rent at Sandringham for life.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
His brother will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and will be evicted from the royal mansion he's lived in.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2025
He will also be evicted from his home at Royal Lodge in Windsor and will be moved to a private residence.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
And the mass graves of corpses evicted from San Francisco cemeteries a century ago.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
The outlet added that Buckingham Palace officials are urging him to leave voluntarily, as he cannot be evicted under the terms of his current lease.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Highly doubt he can legally be evicted.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
In 1945, Austen and Tate, then in their 70s, were evicted for good.
—Margaret Hetherman, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evicted
Verb
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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
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Located next to the Rainbow Room where Eleven honed her telekinetic skills—and banished Henry to the Upside Down—the office is filled with notebooks.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
20 Oct. 2025
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After a replay review, Bane was ejected from the game after being assessed both a technical foul and a flagrant foul for his transgression.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Of the eight monkeys that were ejected from their cages, five were killed in the hunt for them and three remained on the loose before Sunday.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Mahmood Mamdani, the mayor-elect’s father, is a Columbia University professor and political scientist originally from Uganda who was expelled by dictator Idi Amin.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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The campaign began with an air offensive in January 1991, followed by a swift ground assault that expelled Iraqi forces within 100 hours.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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India lost its review in desperation to get Wolvaardt dismissed, and then gambled with Verma’s gentle off-breakers.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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The lawsuit was dismissed in March after a judge found the group had no standing to pursue the claims made.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
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Campbell was exiled after that, sent back to Worcester four days later never to return to Boston.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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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
Verb
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Von’s original video was intended for a fan after one of his stand-up shows, who asked him to make it for a friend who was allegedly deported.—
Jenny Goldsberry,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Oct. 2025
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Most people deported to Tapachula are not from southern Mexico, said Ivana Saldivar, who heads the Tapachula office of the United Nations' International Organization for Migration.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The two leopards chased each other through the leaves and even nibbled on a few.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Nov. 2025
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For decades, venture capital chased the fast and the frictionless.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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For me, the flashback is suggestive but not conclusive — maybe Arthur’s genuinely confused about the identity of the man in his house, or maybe this is his chance at revenge against the white men who have continually dispossessed his family and his people.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
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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
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“Evicted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evicted. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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