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   E·vict

   /əˈvik(t)/

   

   verb

   • 1. expel (someone) from a property, especially with the support of the law: "he had court orders to evict the trespassers from three camps"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘recover property by legal process’): from Latin evict- ‘overcome, defeated’, from the verb evincere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + vincere ‘conquer’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. evictor noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • E

     1

   • V

     4

   • I

     1

   • C

     3

   • T

     1

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