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
An investigation found that Michael Albright and Heather Dunlap were the owners and had previously been evicted from the home.
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Patrick Damp, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Luari also was evicted from a second bakery location in West Hartford’s Blue Back Square that never opened.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2026
The question has been asked a lot since the former Duchess was evicted from Royal Lodge alongside her ex-husband, the former prince Andrew.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 26 Mar. 2026
They had even been evicted from their home, and counted coins to take the subway.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
Villagers could be forcibly evicted from their land, which was then divided into oil blocks and sold off to petroleum companies.
—Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
The leader of Black Lives Matter OKC was being evicted from a rental house in northeast Oklahoma City in October 2022.
—Brianna Bailey, The Frontier, 24 Mar. 2026
And if a single payment was missed, they were evicted.
—Tonika Lewis Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 22 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
Patrick Damp, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Luari also was evicted from a second bakery location in West Hartford’s Blue Back Square that never opened.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2026
The question has been asked a lot since the former Duchess was evicted from Royal Lodge alongside her ex-husband, the former prince Andrew.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 26 Mar. 2026
They had even been evicted from their home, and counted coins to take the subway.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
Villagers could be forcibly evicted from their land, which was then divided into oil blocks and sold off to petroleum companies.
—Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
The leader of Black Lives Matter OKC was being evicted from a rental house in northeast Oklahoma City in October 2022.
—Brianna Bailey, The Frontier, 24 Mar. 2026
And if a single payment was missed, they were evicted.
—Tonika Lewis Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 22 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
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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The scheme has proved to be the start of a wave of pedestrianizations across the city, which have banished cars from some major streets and reduced the number of car lanes on many others.—
Marie Patino,
Bloomberg,
20 Mar. 2026
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According to state police, the Nissan, driven by a 60-year-old woman from Plainville, collided with the Yamaha, causing the operator to be ejected from the motorcycle.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
26 Mar. 2026
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The flow around the spacecraft erodes the surface, and particles get ejected as a constant stream.—
Julian Dossett,
Space.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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Dali had nearly been expelled from the Surrealist movement in 1934 for refusing to denounce the Nazis, and yet his star still burned bright.—
Serena Turner,
Vanity Fair,
30 Mar. 2026
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Azabal plays Layal, a tightly wound Arabic professor whose troubled teenage son Daniel (Zolghadri) is expelled from high school, prompting her to escort him from Indiana to California to live with his estranged father.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
30 Mar. 2026
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In February, the judge overseeing the case dismissed several claims against the bank, but let stand two others.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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Far too often, symptoms such as fatigue, swelling, shortness of breath and nerve pain are misdiagnosed or dismissed.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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In the Sixties in Greece, under military rule, the music of Mikis Theodorakis was prohibited by decree, its composer imprisoned and exiled.—
Christina Hioureas,
Rolling Stone,
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
Verb
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The Home Office in February said almost 60,000 people had been deported since the government was elected in July 2024.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Many of the Cubans deported to Mexico have ended up in the southern city of Villahermosa.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Isaiah Evans slipped trying to curl to the rim and Solo Ball scooped up the ball, racing toward the basket, chased by the likely player of the year, Cam Boozer.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
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Without hesitation, Gunner flew down the stairs to the yard and chased after the bunny.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 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 1 Apr. 2026.
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