evict

English Thesaurus

1. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	boot out, chuck out, eject, exclude, turf out, turn out,
definition	:	put out or expel from a place (verb.contact)

verb group	:	evict,
definition	:	expel or eject without recourse to legal process (verb.contact)

2. expel or eject without recourse to legal process (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	boot out, chuck out, eject, exclude, turf out, turn out,
definition	:	put out or expel from a place (verb.contact)

verb group	:	evict, force out,
definition	:	expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process (verb.contact)

3. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process (verb.contact)

derivation	:	dispossession, eviction, legal ouster,
definition	:	the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law (noun.act)

4. expel or eject without recourse to legal process (verb.contact)

derivation	:	constructive eviction, eviction,
definition	:	action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved (noun.act)

5. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process (verb.contact)

derivation	:	dispossession, eviction, legal ouster,
definition	:	the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law (noun.act)

6. expel or eject without recourse to legal process (verb.contact)

derivation	:	constructive eviction, eviction,
definition	:	action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved (noun.act)