evict
Force from residence
To evict is to legally force someone out of a property they occupy—typically a tenant who hasn't paid rent or has violated lease terms.
A landlord evicts; a court orders eviction.
The word extends to any forcible removal: Police evicted protesters from the park.
They were evicted for keeping unauthorized pets.
Leave a place empty
- relocateEstablish residence elsewhere
- dispossessDeprive of property
- oustRemove from position
- removeTake something away
displacement · expulsion · clearance · squatter · property · residency · uninhabited · abandon
One who rents property
- landlordProperty owner renting out
- leaseTemporary use contract
- noticeBecome aware of
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
foreclosure · writ · summons · judgment · lawsuit · litigation · breach · complaint
Banishment from homeland
- expelRemove forcibly from membership
- deportExpel from a country
- ostracizeExclude from a group
- excommunicateExpel from church membership
ban · exclude · shun · proscribe · outcast · expatriate · blacklist · debar
Protected place or structure
- unhousedLacking stable housing
- destituteUtterly without means
- dispossessedDeprived of home or land
- streetPublic urban roadway
impoverished · indigent · vagrant · transient · rough sleeping · outcast · down-and-out · displaced
vacate
Leave a place empty
- relocateEstablish residence elsewhere
- dispossessDeprive of property
- oustRemove from position
remove · displacement · expulsion · clearance · squatter · property · residency · uninhabited · abandon · move
tenant
One who rents property
court · foreclosure · writ · summons · judgment · lawsuit · litigation · breach · complaint · injunction
exile
Banishment from homeland
excommunicate · ban · exclude · shun · proscribe · outcast · expatriate · blacklist · debar · marginalize
shelter
Protected place or structure
- unhousedLacking stable housing
- destituteUtterly without means
- dispossessedDeprived of home or land
street · impoverished · indigent · vagrant · transient · rough sleeping · outcast · down-and-out · displaced · houseless
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- exclusionsexclude, exclusion, excluding, except, exception
- dismissdismiss, brush off, brush aside, wave away, wave off
- root outroot out, flush out, ferret out, smoke out, weed out
- rental termsrent, lease, sublease, sublet, rented
- memory operationsread, write, load, store, copy
- eviction noticeFormal demand to vacate
- tenant evictionRemoval of renter legally
- eviction banLaw preventing tenant displacement
- illegal evictionUnlawful removal of tenant
- eviction moratoriumBan on tenant removal
- eviction processLegal steps to remove occupants