Evicting

/ɪˈvɪktɪŋ/ verb

Forcing someone to leave a property, usually a home, typically through legal action by a landlord or property owner.

From Latin 'evincere' (e- 'out' + vincere 'to conquer'). The legal term emerged in Middle English from Old French 'evicter.' Originally meant to defeat or overcome, then narrowed to the legal process of removal.

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