as in banished
to force (someone) to leave a place
His landlord has threatened to evict him if he doesn't pay the rent soon. They were evicted from their apartment.
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Recent Examples of evicted
Tenants also shared their stories about being evicted without cause.
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Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026
In 2014, locals protested the games in Brazil after people living in slums were evicted and displaced.
—Vivian Song, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
You cannot be evicted from your home from one day to the next.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
This arrangement held true for many years, but is seemingly broken now after both were evicted from Royal Lodge and went their separate ways.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 19 Apr. 2026
But without adequate funding, people may be evicted, Saxton said.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026
Laura Zapata is the latest houseguest to be evicted from Telemundo‘s La Casa de los Famosos, and her elimination sent shockwaves through the house.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026
This was a common refrain from many homeless people who say they were evicted from short-term shelter at a time taxpayers are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to get them into shelter, stabilize them and move them to permanent housing.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
Delaportas and his company vacated the building more than a month after being evicted for nonpayment.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026
In 2014, locals protested the games in Brazil after people living in slums were evicted and displaced.
—Vivian Song, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
You cannot be evicted from your home from one day to the next.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
This arrangement held true for many years, but is seemingly broken now after both were evicted from Royal Lodge and went their separate ways.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 19 Apr. 2026
But without adequate funding, people may be evicted, Saxton said.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026
Laura Zapata is the latest houseguest to be evicted from Telemundo‘s La Casa de los Famosos, and her elimination sent shockwaves through the house.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026
This was a common refrain from many homeless people who say they were evicted from short-term shelter at a time taxpayers are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to get them into shelter, stabilize them and move them to permanent housing.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
Delaportas and his company vacated the building more than a month after being evicted for nonpayment.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evicted
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By the end of that show, the anxiety and isolation that freight life in the closet had burned away, leaving a happy, hopeful ending in place of familiar narrative disaster; love is found, secrecy is banished, and all is well.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Something’s lost in the translation, but with dazzling costumes, hyper-energetic singing and dancing and joyful spirit filling the Nederlander, quibbles end up banished beyond the flats.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
20 Apr. 2026
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Kevin Durant waving bye to Deandre Ayton after he was ejected from the game.—
Dan Woike,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Authorities said the driver was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.—
Steve Maugeri,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Eventually, the British expelled Argentina from the islands in 1833 and established the Falklands as an official colony.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
25 Apr. 2026
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The government later broke ties with France, the former colonial power, and expelled the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA), which completed its withdrawal in 2023, ending a decade-long presence in the country.—
Jewel Bright,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
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The Red Sox had never fired a manger in-season since John Henry purchased the team in 2002, and throughout the franchise’s existence no manager had ever been dismissed midseason so early in the campaign.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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Last year, dozens of experts who provided independent evaluations for biomedical research were dismissed from National Institute of Health science review boards.—
National Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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The boy was exiled from India, given to a British soldier who served as his guardian and forced to convert to Christianity.—
Doha Madani,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
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Andrew and Epstein cast a shadow Raising the stakes is the shadow of the king’s younger brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who has been stripped of his royal title of Prince Andrew, exiled from public life and put under police investigation over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.—
Jill Lawless,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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The government actually deported more than six hundred and seventy-five thousand people, but getting just to that number involved broad and violent sweeps and the expulsion of people who were in the country legally, actions that led to widespread protests.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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He was also wanted federally for re-entering the country after being deported.—
Nikiya Carrero,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Bo Bichette led off the bottom of the first with a home run against right-hander Zack Littell, and the Mets chased him from the game in the fourth inning.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Officers briefly chased the suspect through Highland Park, but backed off.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Calling his father and uncle gusanos — or worms, a Spanish-language term coined by Castro to denigrate those fleeing the island — the agent seized the bank and in an instant dispossessed a family that arrived from Spain in the 16th century.—
Joshua Goodman,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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Calling his father and uncle gusanos — or worms, a Spanish-language term coined by Castro to denigrate those fleeing the island — the agent seized the bank and, in an instant, dispossessed a family that arrived from Spain in the 16th century.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Evicted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evicted. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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