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  • verb Present participle of evict.

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Examples

  • In this case, “reasonable measures” fall well short of evicting from the whole of student housing.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » What Should Landlords Do If a Tenant Is Accused of a Violent Crime? 2010

  • Speaking on North West Tonight David Cameron made it clear he supported the idea of evicting looters from council housing and said he wanted more 'speedy justice'.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • The opening scene, an improvised, documentary take of Wikus, accompanied by a merc army of execute-at-will sadists, "evicting" prawns from their hovels in preparation for their "evacuation" to a more secure facility is a chilling sequence, where Copley obscenely mugs for the camera as he pumps himself up and jokes about the squalid conditions that surround him, pretending to be an important and tough man.

    Will Menaker: District 9 2009

  • Sadtu would cease unfair labour practices, such as evicting school principals.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1993

  • I deal with not only mentally "evicting" him from my heart ..... but physically as well ...

    Apartment Therapy Main 2009

  • This week, Gudiel, her neighbors, coworkers, and supporters from the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) began a 24-hour-day vigil at the house to prevent the sheriff from evicting the Guidels.

    Peter Dreier: Steve Mnuchin, Meet Rose Gudiel Peter Dreier 2011

  • One of the "foreclosure mill" law firms that made millions evicting people from their homes had a Halloween Party, and a lot of the partiers dressed up as homeless people.

    Richard (RJ) Eskow: 99 to 1: Five Pictures From the Wall Street Culture War RJ 2011

  • They intend to link arms in front of the doorway to stop the sheriff from evicting the family, risking arrest.

    Peter Dreier: Steve Mnuchin, Meet Rose Gudiel Peter Dreier 2011

  • But it's a great setup for your next piece, on eco-evicting - when the notice of termination is printed on recycled paper and the court papers filed electronically.

    Eco-Flipping: One Upside of Housing Downturn « PubliCola 2010

  • World's Worst Tenants features Todd Howard, a former U.S. Marine who now makes a business out of confronting and evicting "despicable, dirty and sometimes dangerous" tenants.

    Spike Orders Four Unscripted Series 2011

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