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
Mickey Rourke says fans who donated to a GoFundMe to keep him from getting evicted should get their money back.
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Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2026
According to a new report from The Daily Mail, Andrew—who has lived at the 30-bedroom mansion on the Windsor estate since 2003 and who was evicted from it in October of last year—will finally vacate the property by Easter, which falls on April 5 this year.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 5 Jan. 2026
On Wednesday night, Miami evicted defending national champion Ohio State from the playoff by winning the Cotton Bowl, 24-14, in the quarterfinals.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Jan. 2026
Franco, 58, has been living in the van since October, when he was evicted from his home of 19 years in Sweetwater’s Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
She was evicted in week eight, finishing in 10th place.
—Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 26 Dec. 2025
Lee made it to day 59 before being evicted — about the middle of the pack, and one day before franchise fan-favorite Rachel Reilly was also sent home.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Dec. 2025
The British royal, who was stripped of his remaining titles and evicted from his royal residence this fall amid scrutiny over his ties to Epstein, has repeatedly denied the allegations.
—Nandika Chatterjee, Time, 20 Dec. 2025
Within weeks of her posthumous memoir’s release in October, King Charles III stripped Andrew of his titles and evicted him from his royal residence.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 20 Dec. 2025
Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2026
According to a new report from The Daily Mail, Andrew—who has lived at the 30-bedroom mansion on the Windsor estate since 2003 and who was evicted from it in October of last year—will finally vacate the property by Easter, which falls on April 5 this year.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 5 Jan. 2026
On Wednesday night, Miami evicted defending national champion Ohio State from the playoff by winning the Cotton Bowl, 24-14, in the quarterfinals.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Jan. 2026
Franco, 58, has been living in the van since October, when he was evicted from his home of 19 years in Sweetwater’s Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
She was evicted in week eight, finishing in 10th place.
—Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 26 Dec. 2025
Lee made it to day 59 before being evicted — about the middle of the pack, and one day before franchise fan-favorite Rachel Reilly was also sent home.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Dec. 2025
The British royal, who was stripped of his remaining titles and evicted from his royal residence this fall amid scrutiny over his ties to Epstein, has repeatedly denied the allegations.
—Nandika Chatterjee, Time, 20 Dec. 2025
Within weeks of her posthumous memoir’s release in October, King Charles III stripped Andrew of his titles and evicted him from his royal residence.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 20 Dec. 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
Verb
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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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Gonzalez chased her down, punched her several times and then dragged her back to the truck, police said.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
5 Jan. 2026
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That’s been the case this season, too, even as Nacua and Davante Adams have chased the NFL lead in receiving yards and touchdowns.—
Adam Grosbard,
Oc Register,
3 Jan. 2026
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 9 Jan. 2026.
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