Meaning & use
evicted
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Removed from a property by legal process, especially for failing to pay rent or breaking a lease.
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The family was evicted after months of unpaid rent.
Tenants cannot be evicted without proper legal notice in most states.
A note on using this word
Past tense/participle of 'evict'; used almost exclusively about being forced out of housing or property.
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