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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 evict /ɪˈvɪkt/
 (vt.)逐出,趕出,驅逐

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 E·vict v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Evicting.]
 1. Law To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust.
    The law of England would speedily evict them out of their possession.   --Sir. J. Davies.
 2. To evince; to prove. [Obs.]
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 evict
      v 1: expel or eject without recourse to legal process; "The
           landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the
           pipes every morning at 3 a.m."
      2: expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal
         process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had
         not paid the rent for four months" [syn: force out]