eviction
eviction — noun
1. an official order or action that makes a person move out of where they live or w
an official order or action that makes a person move out of where they live or work, usually because they have not paid rent or have broken the rules of their lease
Salma received an eviction notice after falling three months behind on rent.
collocation: eviction notice
The landlord began eviction proceedings against the noisy upstairs neighbors.
collocation: eviction proceedings
Local volunteers helped Gabriela fight her eviction from the small apartment near the harbor.
Hundreds of families faced eviction when the old housing block was sold to a developer.
The new tenant law gives renters thirty days to challenge an eviction in court.
- tenancy
the legal state of being allowed to stay in a property
- occupation
the continued use or living-in of a place
文法句型
eviction from + place
eviction of + person
用法筆記
Often appears in legal and housing contexts; very commonly used in fixed collocations like 'eviction notice', 'eviction order', 'face eviction', 'fight an eviction'.
常見錯誤
eviction — verb
1. to use a court order or other legal power to make someone leave the place where
to use a court order or other legal power to make someone leave the place where they are living, usually a rented home
The landlord tried to evict Takeshi for keeping a dog against the building rules.
pattern: evict + somebody for + reason
Beatrix and her two children were evicted from their flat just before Christmas.
passive: be evicted from + place
The city cannot legally evict residents without giving them sixty days of written warning.
After the fire, the council had to evict everyone living in the unsafe brick building.
Christopher hired a lawyer to stop his elderly mother from being evicted by the new owners.
- house
to give somebody a place to live
- accommodate
to provide a place for someone to stay
文法句型
evict + somebody
evict somebody from + place
用法筆記
Subject is almost always a landlord, council, court, or other authority with legal power; the object is a tenant or resident. Very frequently used in the passive — 'be evicted from a place'.
常見錯誤
2. to push or drive a person, animal, or thing out of a place by force, without any
to push or drive a person, animal, or thing out of a place by force, without any legal meaning
Lakshmi spent an hour trying to evict a stubborn cat from her vegetable garden.
pattern: evict + animal from + place
Trang gently evicted her younger brother from the bathroom so she could shower.
Strong winds eventually evicted the loose paper kite from the top of the oak tree.
Defne used a long broom to evict the bats from the dusty attic above the kitchen.
文法句型
evict somebody/something from + place
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: no court or landlord is involved. Often slightly humorous or figurative — used when one person, animal, or force physically displaces another from a small space.