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 monarch is reportedly trying to reclaim royal residences after Harry and Meghan were evicted from Frogmore Cottage.
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Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 9 Nov. 2025
Liz Perlman, the executive director of AFSCME Local 3299, said many union members are sleeping in their cars, on SNAP benefits and are one paycheck away from being evicted.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
Some of these problem renters brought into the HOA by negligent landlords linger around for years before they are evicted.
—Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
In South Carolina, where 55 Council chapters were active by July 1956, dozens of Black people were fired or evicted from their farms after the signing of a pro-integration petition in Orangeburg and Clarendon counties.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Hawaii always meant a struggle for us because we were evicted.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
People will be evicted when these organizations run out of money left over from 2024, said Steve Berg, chief policy officer at the National Alliance to End Homelessness.
—Amy Maxmen, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025
The war ended quickly after Iraqi troops were evicted from Kuwait.
—Don Gonyea, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
The result is that many residents who are evicted lose their home.
—Cassie Powell, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 9 Nov. 2025
Liz Perlman, the executive director of AFSCME Local 3299, said many union members are sleeping in their cars, on SNAP benefits and are one paycheck away from being evicted.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
Some of these problem renters brought into the HOA by negligent landlords linger around for years before they are evicted.
—Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
In South Carolina, where 55 Council chapters were active by July 1956, dozens of Black people were fired or evicted from their farms after the signing of a pro-integration petition in Orangeburg and Clarendon counties.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Hawaii always meant a struggle for us because we were evicted.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
People will be evicted when these organizations run out of money left over from 2024, said Steve Berg, chief policy officer at the National Alliance to End Homelessness.
—Amy Maxmen, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025
The war ended quickly after Iraqi troops were evicted from Kuwait.
—Don Gonyea, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
The result is that many residents who are evicted lose their home.
—Cassie Powell, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evicted
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Within 30 days, registrations would be required, proofs of freedom demanded, and Black residents lacking two white sponsors willing to post the $500 bond would be banished.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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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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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
Verb
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The domestic violence case was dismissed and the theft charge had yet to be disputed in court.—
Tamia Fowlkes,
jsonline.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Carrie, meanwhile, is villainized for her admittedly deluded quest to reunite with her biological son in a world that has dismissed them.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
8 Nov. 2025
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The film is set in 1935 Tartu and at the University of Tartu, where, a year earlier, Professor Lazar Gulkowitsch, exiled from Germany, had established a chair of Judaic Studies within the Faculty of Philosophy.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Nov. 2025
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Krasinski also has the least interesting yet very successful Hollywood career imaginable, but that doesn’t mean he should be exiled or worse.—
Choire Sicha,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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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,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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That comment had been recorded by Von when a fan told him her friend got deported and asked him to record a message.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Then Oliver splashes his blameless girlfriend in the face, and the three men flee, chased by a group of enraged barflies.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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The investigation seemed to stall after her body was found as police chased leads that did not pan out.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
8 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 15 Nov. 2025.
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