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
In August 2024, police officers and evicted dozens after offering accommodations at other shelters.
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
That is, until they were officially evicted from Royal Lodge last year when the king also stripped them of their royal titles.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
The 66-year-old and her ex-husband, the former Prince Andrew, were evicted from their home at Royal Lodge following new revelations regarding their ties to financier Jeffrey Epstein.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026
When mass layoffs struck Disney’s theme park business, D’Amaro was tasked with telling thousands of cast members they were being evicted from the happiest place on Earth.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026
After getting the deed back in late 2024, the judge ruled they could be evicted once again.
—Dave Lieber
feb. 25, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
Millions of Black South Africans were forcibly evicted from their land and lost their rights to it by law in 1913.
—Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
Advertisement The hierarchy of the event was also hard to miss, with homeless people reportedly evicted from the road leading to the venue and VIP motorcades shutting down the city with little regard for its residents.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
And that was before he was even evicted from the property in the first place.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 20 Feb. 2026
Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
That is, until they were officially evicted from Royal Lodge last year when the king also stripped them of their royal titles.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
The 66-year-old and her ex-husband, the former Prince Andrew, were evicted from their home at Royal Lodge following new revelations regarding their ties to financier Jeffrey Epstein.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026
When mass layoffs struck Disney’s theme park business, D’Amaro was tasked with telling thousands of cast members they were being evicted from the happiest place on Earth.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026
After getting the deed back in late 2024, the judge ruled they could be evicted once again.
—Dave Lieber
feb. 25, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
Millions of Black South Africans were forcibly evicted from their land and lost their rights to it by law in 1913.
—Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
Advertisement The hierarchy of the event was also hard to miss, with homeless people reportedly evicted from the road leading to the venue and VIP motorcades shutting down the city with little regard for its residents.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
And that was before he was even evicted from the property in the first place.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evicted
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor—formerly Prince Andrew—was banished from all aspects of royal life, including losing all of his royal titles and privileges, last October in a decision made by King Charles.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
27 Feb. 2026
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Her competitors easily and near-unanimously tagged her as a traitor and banished her in the third episode.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
27 Feb. 2026
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And the only player sanctioned was TCU’s Malick Diallo, who was ejected for coming off the bench.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Feb. 2026
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Six players were ejected, but Hopkins wasn’t one of them.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 2026
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When those galaxies form stars from their normal matter, the low amount of total mass means that most of the gas within those galaxies should get expelled, leaving only a small population of stars embedded within a relatively large amount of dark matter.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Mar. 2026
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In late 1964, his mentor Khomeini was expelled from Iran and spent more than 14 years in exile, most of it in Najaf.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
2 Mar. 2026
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Kabul has dismissed the casualty claim as inaccurate.—
MUNIR AHMED,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
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On the doorstep of a pivotal, final week and with its season in serious danger of unraveling, USC basketball’s leading scorer has been dismissed from the program.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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Tulsa King centers around mobster Dwight Manfredi (Sylvester Stallone), who, after serving hard time in New York, is sent (or rather exiled) to Oklahoma.—
Uwa Ede-Osifo,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
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After being exiled from the property, Andrew moved to the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, specifically Wood Farm—but Sarah has been MIA.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
19 Feb. 2026
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In recent days, Pakistan has also deported dozens of Afghan refugees to Torkham.—
MUNIR AHMED,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
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In some cases, Garcia said, Kalpulli has provided just one-time support to families who are looking to leave the country and reconnect with the person who was deported.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
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Montgomery chased it for a swinging strike.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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And like so many franchises before it, an endless number of follow-ups chased easy money and diminishing returns.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 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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But in the next 30 years, the people who will bear the brunt of that catastrophe—who will be dispossessed, uprooted, and exposed to the worst of the elements—will be those who are already on the other side of society’s walls.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
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