evict

evict is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust.
2. transitive verb. To evince; to prove.
3. verb. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process

   "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"

4. verb. expel or eject without recourse to legal process

   "The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m."

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in evict:

civet

Common word forms

evicts, evicted, evicting

Words from these letters

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