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What does evict mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word evict? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.
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The order enabled the police to evict any tenants and board up the property.
Police have previously been accused of standing by or supporting the land invasions and ignoring court orders to evict the squatters.
They spoke out before leaving late yesterday afternoon as legal moves to evict them got under way.
And all around, lamps were positioned to invite light into the home and evict the darkness from every nook and cranny.
This does not mean the board's decision is foreordained, for the board need not evict just because a tenant is legally evictable.
The decision to evict a member must be made in accordance with the by-laws established by the membership.

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