EVICTED Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

evicted

verb

past tense of evict

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 Instead there is a young woman with a dismissive smile, and the authority of someone who belongs to the house because she cannot be evicted from its history. — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026 When the government expanded the park in the late 1990s and early 2000s, hundreds of villagers—including Mgesi's family—were forcibly evicted from their ancestral lands. — Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026 Some participants lost custody of their children after they were illegally evicted. — Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026 In September 2025, Diana's appeal was denied, and two months later, they were evicted. — Olivia Young, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 The two houseguests evicted from Big Brother on double eviction night in Week 10 were Barrett and Yash, who would now join La Trice Verrett and Angela Murray at the Jury House. — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026 The pair have just been evicted from their apartment, coming home from church to find all of their worldly possessions on the stairs. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026 Teeny, along with several other animals, was surrendered to the Arizona Humane Society after their own was sadly evicted from their residence. — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 11 Sep. 2026 Right now, traditional Democrats are being evicted one at a time. — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 10 Sep. 2026

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Their situation is nothing like that of Prince Andrew, for example, who was stripped of all his titles and has now been banished to Sandringham.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Sep. 2026
Characters banished or murdered early in one version emerge victorious in another.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of banished

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The school board voted unanimously to allow the students to withdraw rather than be expelled from the school.

— Darius Johnson, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
Washington’s bets include $414 million in financing for a uranium project in Niger — a country that expelled all US forces two years ago — and hundreds of millions for digital infrastructure providers.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of expelled

Verb

In California, a federal judge this month dismissed the administration’s challenge to school sports policies allowing transgender athletes to compete on teams matching their gender identity.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Netanyahu dismissed the allegations, and is suing Levi and several other Israelis who have made similar charges.

— Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of dismissed

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The outlet notes that at the same referendum, male heirs of Italy’s last king (aka sons of the Savoy family) were exiled and barred from ever entering the country.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 20 Sep. 2026
Meaningful opposition is effectively nonexistent in Russia, with critics either barred, in jail or exiled abroad.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of exiled

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Separately, the administration deported an Afghan man to the Central African Republic despite a prior judicial protection order over fears his family could face Taliban retaliation.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026
The group includes at least 113 former beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status, who were deported mere days after being detained in the United States, according to Haitian government records.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

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