evict

Meaning

1. To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.
2. To eject from a memory cache to reduce the cache's size.

Synonyms

eject

kick out

expel

get rid of

remove

drive away

drive out

chase away

send away

throw out

force out

oust

exorcise

put out

deport

shoo

banish

shoo away

exile

turn out

seize

seizure

sequester

sequestrate

sequestration

take away

take off

turn away

utter

chase out

force someone to move house

evictee

an evicted tenant

seize smuggled goods

repel

bounce

cast out

chase

confiscate

confiscation

destroy

displace

doff

drive off

excommunicate

expropriation

extrude

fight off

foreclosure

forfeit

get out

pursue

recover

scram

Etymology

From Middle English evicten, evycten, borrowed from Latin ēvictus, past participle of ēvincō (“to vanquish completely”). Doublet of evince.