eviction

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun 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 the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law

Borrowed from Middle French éviction, from Late Latin ēvictiō, from Latin ēvincō.

There are no Italian evictions. — Children of the Tenements, Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis
He told me of evictions in the year. — Mr. Standfast, John Buchan
It was the last night before the eviction. — Hungry Hearts, Anzia Yezierska

constructive eviction

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