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
Britain had split the Chagos Islands from Mauritius before that colony gained independence, something that has been a source of diplomatic friction as well as multiple legal battles with locals who were evicted.
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
Advertisement The hierarchy of the event was also hard to miss, with homeless people reportedly evicted from the road leading to the venue and VIP motorcades shutting down the city with little regard for its residents.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
And that was before he was even evicted from the property in the first place.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 20 Feb. 2026
Mountbatten-Windsor, 66, moved to the king’s private estate in Norfolk after he was evicted from his longtime home near the castle this month.
—Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Mountbatten-Windsor, who turned 66 on Thursday, moved to his brother King Charles III’s estate in Norfolk after he was evicted from his longtime home near Windsor Castle earlier this month.
—Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
Mountbatten-Windsor, 66, moved to the king’s private estate in Norfolk after he was evicted from his longtime home near the castle earlier this month.
—Danica Kirka, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
He was also recently evicted from Royal Lodge, along with Ferguson, after a years-long campaign by King Charles to remove his younger brother from Windsor Great Park.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 19 Feb. 2026
The fire happened in Salem Township, Westmoreland County, at a home where James Sever once lived before he was evicted.
—Erika Stanish, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
Advertisement The hierarchy of the event was also hard to miss, with homeless people reportedly evicted from the road leading to the venue and VIP motorcades shutting down the city with little regard for its residents.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
And that was before he was even evicted from the property in the first place.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 20 Feb. 2026
Mountbatten-Windsor, 66, moved to the king’s private estate in Norfolk after he was evicted from his longtime home near the castle this month.
—Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Mountbatten-Windsor, who turned 66 on Thursday, moved to his brother King Charles III’s estate in Norfolk after he was evicted from his longtime home near Windsor Castle earlier this month.
—Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
Mountbatten-Windsor, 66, moved to the king’s private estate in Norfolk after he was evicted from his longtime home near the castle earlier this month.
—Danica Kirka, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
He was also recently evicted from Royal Lodge, along with Ferguson, after a years-long campaign by King Charles to remove his younger brother from Windsor Great Park.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 19 Feb. 2026
The fire happened in Salem Township, Westmoreland County, at a home where James Sever once lived before he was evicted.
—Erika Stanish, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evicted
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Bird seemed to be torn between Indiana and Indiana State, a small program that was playing in the hinterlands of Division I basketball, in danger of being banished to Division II, about to fire its head coach, and incapable of filling its new arena in Terre Haute.—
Keith O'Brien,
Rolling Stone,
22 Feb. 2026
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The law banished tests in Spanish and Creole.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2026
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It was ruled a Flagrant 1 excessive foul, but not a dangerous Flagrant 2 foul, so Jamerson was not ejected from the game.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Canada’s Tom Wilson and French player Pierre Crinon were ejected for fighting in Canada’s win on Sunday.—
Fernanda Figueroa,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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In 1912, the landscape of Forsyth County was changed forever by racial terror as more than 1,000 Black families were expelled.—
La'Tasha Givens,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Greenstein was expelled from Great Britain’s Labour Party in 2018 over his social media comments about Israel, which his party deemed antisemitic.—
Grace Gilson,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Feb. 2026
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Three years later, Gayheart legally dismissed the divorce before Dane made his diagnosis public.—
Kim Willis,
USA Today,
22 Feb. 2026
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That citation was dismissed in January, according to federal court records.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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After being exiled from the property, Andrew moved to the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, specifically Wood Farm—but Sarah has been MIA.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
19 Feb. 2026
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When Mary won’t give up the baby, she’s disowned by patriarch Whitelaw (Ed Harris) and exiled to New Jersey from her family’s palatial Long Island estate.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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Her partner, denied asylum and a protection order, was deported.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Feb. 2026
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He was deported to Mexico, became a police officer, and eventually built his own crime network, one known for its brutality.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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Zee, who has storm-chased since college, has a genuine passion for the atmosphere and a dedication to getting young people interested in science.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Aggies chased out Burdick, who lasted just ⅔ of an inning.—
Tony Catalina,
Austin American Statesman,
24 Feb. 2026
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Fernandez dispossessed Mikkel Damsgaard in midfield and Chelsea attacked at speed down the right.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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But in the next 30 years, the people who will bear the brunt of that catastrophe—who will be dispossessed, uprooted, and exposed to the worst of the elements—will be those who are already on the other side of society’s walls.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Evicted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evicted. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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