EVICT
What does "EVICT" mean?
To legally force a person to leave a property they occupy.
Meanings
- To expel a tenant or occupant from land or housing by legal process. The landlord moved to evict them for unpaid rent.
- To drive out or remove something from a place, often forcibly. We finally evicted the raccoon that had moved into the attic. figurative
Did you know?
- 'Evict' shares a root with 'evince' (to demonstrate) and 'convince': all come from Latin 'evincere', 'to conquer' - to evict originally meant to win property back by proof in court.
Word origin
From Latin 'evictus', past participle of 'evincere' meaning 'to conquer, recover by legal proof', from 'e-' (out) plus 'vincere' (to conquer).
Remember it
EVICT = E + VICT(ory): someone wins the eviction, and the loser packs their bags.
A little poem
A key turned, then a notice taped-
the walls keep every nail-hole,
and forget the hands that hung the frames.
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Wordplay
- The chess landlord evicted his tenant the moment rent was late: he simply said 'check, you're out.'
What it teaches
You can be moved out of a place far faster than the place can be moved out of you.
Quick facts
What does EVICT mean?
To legally force a person to leave a property they occupy.
Is EVICT a valid word?
Yes — EVICT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is EVICT?
EVICT has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does EVICT come from?
From Latin 'evictus', past participle of 'evincere' meaning 'to conquer, recover by legal proof', from 'e-' (out) plus 'vincere' (to conquer).
What can EVICT teach us?
You can be moved out of a place far faster than the place can be moved out of you.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.