evictee

noun

evict·​ee i-ˌvik-ˈtē How to pronounce evictee (audio)
: an evicted person

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Late & Live, hosted live by AJ and WIll from the site of the Big Brother house in front of a studio audience, where evictees will be interviewed. Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 15 Oct. 2024 The season 26 evictee also addresses Quinn's power-up and Tucker's bold veto move. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 9 Aug. 2024 In 2022, his bailiffs had posted approximately 9,350 writs of restitution, or red tags, which effectively indicated to evictees that no legal recourse remained. Mya Frazier, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024 Notifying evictees in advance is a legal prerequisite to eviction or demolition, and a basic right protected under the Indian Constitution. Time, 11 Aug. 2023 For many evictees, affording higher rents is not the only problem. Catherine Reagor, AZCentral.com, 17 Apr. 2023 Fox News host Tucker Carlson, an early Season 3 evictee, told Slate in 2016. Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2019 Indeed, when slum demolitions happen, the evictees usually end up spreading to other similar communities. Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa, 31 Jan. 2020 Six of the seven evictees are plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against the management company. Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Nov. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of evictee was in 1849

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“Evictee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evictee. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

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