Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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ouster | Yes | No | No | No |
eviction | Yes | No | No | No |
ouster (noun) | eviction (noun) |
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the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out | the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law |
a wrongful dispossession | action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved |
a person who ousts or supplants someone else |