evict

English

Etymology

From Latin evincere, "to vanquish completely."

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪkt

Verb

evict (third-person singular simple present evicts, present participle evicting, simple past and past participle evicted)

1. (transitive) To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.

Translations

to expel

Arabic: أجلى (ar) ('ajlaa) Bulgarian: изгонвам (bg), изселвам (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 驅逐 (cmn), 驱逐 (cmn) (qūzhú), 赶出 (cmn) (gǎnchū) Dutch: verjagen (nl), uitzetten (nl) Finnish: häätää (fi) French: expulser (fr), évincer (fr) German: vertreiben (de), verweisen (de), ausweisen (de)

Italian: espellere (it), sfrattare (it) Japanese: 追い出す (ja) (おいだす, oidasu), 立ち退かせる (ja) (たちのかせる, tachinokaseru) Polish: eksmitować (pl) Portuguese: despejar (pt) Romanian: evinge (ro), expulza (ro) Russian: выселять (ru) (vyselját'), выгонять (ru) (vygonját'), изгонять (ru) (izgonját') Spanish: desahuciar (es)

Related terms

• eviction

Anagrams

• civet