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 In October 2025, King Charles stripped Andrew of his royal titles, and since then, Andrew has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office and evicted from the Royal Lodge. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 15 July 2026 Another tenant evicted at Concord Mills In a separate case, Concord Mills won its case on July 8 to evict Go Green CBD in Cabarrus County District Court Clerk of Superior Court small claims division. — Catherine Muccigrosso july 14, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026 Foreman said many tenants with eviction histories haven’t been evicted again in the years since, but are still burdened by their record. — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026 By March 2022, several of Herrling’s neighbors complained to the building about her behavior, and the management informed them that Herrling had been evicted for not paying rent. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026 Landlords in Durban and Johannesburg also evicted foreign tenants illegally to avoid further trouble, witnesses alleged. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026 In the early 1960s he was evicted from Knock John, another sea fort closer to Britain’s coast. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026 The fan was quickly approached and evicted. — ABC News, 23 June 2026 Failure to abide by this condition could mean losing your security deposit, or even being evicted. — Ashlyn Needham, The Spruce, 23 June 2026

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Catlett was banished from the United States for what her art had to say.

— Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
There’s no chance Cannes Lions will be the next one banished from the game if this year is anything to go by.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 June 2026

Definition of banished

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He was expelled from Congress while facing criminal charges over stealing from donors and his campaign, fraudulently collecting unemployment benefits and lying to Congress about his wealth.

— Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 16 July 2026
The former was a concentration area for 200,000 refugees expelled from 247 localities, villages and towns and the area’s original 80,000 inhabitants; and the latter a frontier zone designed to incarcerate them.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

Definition of expelled

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Scott first attended Arizona State on a partial golf scholarship, but was dismissed from the team after an incident with a visiting recruit.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 18 July 2026
In our most recent conversation, Gershman dismissed the account Sebold gave in her memoir and downplayed the parts of her testimony that were more ambiguous.

— Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 17 July 2026

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And last year’s constitutional reforms had already established a one-party system in a country where opposition leaders no longer exist, because they have been exiled.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Cuba has recently exiled other prominent dissidents, most recently José Daniel Ferrer, who have been forced to abandon the island for the United States.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026

Definition of exiled

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Daniel had arrived back in Venezuela the day of the disaster, after being deported from the United States.

— Susana Erazo, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
The port city, which served as the capital of the pre-independence Haiti, is struggling to absorb people displaced by armed gangs in the West, Central Plateau and Artibonite regions, as well as Haitians deported from other countries.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

Definition of deported

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On two occasions, a Spanish player remained on the floor after being strongly dispossessed, with Uruguay fashioning chances for Nunez, reintroduced to the starting line-up as Bielsa’s only change after the Cape Verde draw.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 28 June 2026
He was tackled and dispossessed with the ball on a trajectory to the goal.

— Monica Alba, NBC news, 24 June 2026

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