evict(动词):(尤指依法)驱逐、赶出;常指房东因租约到期、欠租等原因将房客强制迁出。(也可指把人从某处赶走。)
/ɪˈvɪkt/
The landlord decided to evict the tenant for not paying rent.
房东决定因房客未付房租而将其驱逐。
After months of legal disputes, the family was evicted from the apartment they had lived in for years.
经过数月的法律纠纷,这家人被迫从他们住了多年的公寓里搬走。
来自拉丁语 evincere,意为“战胜、证明……无权占有”,后在法律语境中引申为“依法剥夺居住/占有权”,逐渐固定为现代英语中“(依法)驱逐(住户)”的含义。