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Narrator: Today's word is "Evict" — verb, pronounced /ɪˈvɪkt/, with the stress on "vict".
Narrator: To evict is to expel someone from a property, especially a tenant, by legal process.
Narrator: In plain English, a landlord evicts a tenant who doesn't pay rent — they legally force them to leave.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin evincere, meaning to overcome, from e- out and vincere, to conquer.
Narrator: "To evict a tenant" describes legally removing a tenant from a rental property.
Narrator: It differs from expel because evict is specifically about property, whereas expel is more general.
Narrator: "To be evicted from" is a sense meaning to be legally removed from a property.
Narrator: Law, property, housing and tenancy all rely on the word evict.
Narrator: So remember: to evict is to expel legally, from the Latin for to overcome.
Speaker A: What does evict mean?
Speaker B: To expel legally! EVICT comes from the Latin evincere, to overcome, so it means removing someone from a property by legal process.
Speaker A: So a landlord evicts a tenant?
Speaker B: Yes — for not paying rent!
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Evict a tenant"; "be evicted from"; "threaten to evict" — action, experience and warning.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Don't confuse evict with convict, because evict means remove from property, while convict means find guilty.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: 'Expel' the general cousin, 'eject' the forceful twin, 'oust' the political alternative. The word keeps its legal charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "evict" in AI prompts — useful for property apps and legal tools.
Speaker A: So a prompt could frame property?
Speaker B: Right. For a property app, you'd write:
Prompt: Write a short guide to the eviction process, naming two steps.
Speaker A: How about a legal tool?
Speaker B: Ask the model to advise:
Prompt: Draft a guide to tenant rights on eviction, naming two protections.
Speaker A: Could it help with a housing bot?
Speaker B: Yes, you can frame advice:
Prompt: Summarise in two sentences how to avoid being evicted, naming one tip.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: For a landlord chatbot, try this:
Prompt: Write a short note on legally evicting a tenant, naming one notice period.
Evict — meaning in Arabic & definition More E courses GL Dictionary