Synonyms for eviction
evic·tion

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1. eviction, constructive evictionnoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   dispossession, legal ouster, constructive eviction

2. eviction, dispossession, legal ousternoun

   the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law

   Synonyms:
   dispossession, legal ouster, exorcism, constructive eviction

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1. evictionnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) dispossession, deprivation

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1. List of paraphrases for "eviction":

   expulsion, evictions, deportation, evacuation, removal

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1. Ayanna Pressley:

   With the economic impact of this pandemic worsening and the threat of eviction and homelessness looming large for families nationwide, we must take every measure possible to keep families safely housed, forgive all rental debt and ensure that the credit scores of hard-hit families are not forever tarnished.

2. Emily Benfer:

   The message to landlords right now is, truly, the public health largely rests in your hands, because of the link of eviction and the spread of Covid-19, it is critical that you apply for rental assistance and wait to evict because of the long-term hardship and also the immediate threat to Covid-19 surge that this will create.

3. Joseph Strasburg:

   Owners recognize and support the need to help tenants without sufficient financial resources to pay rent due to job loss or health circumstances. However, this proposed bill extends the eviction moratorium for residential tenants based on the submission of a simple declaration of financial hardship without proving such hardship caused by COVID-related job loss or income reduction, with no requirement of proof that the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected their income, and no income limitation to qualify for eviction protection, a tenant whose household income went from a half-million dollars to $250,000 would qualify for eviction protection by declaring that their income has been significantly reduced.

4. Diane Yentel:

   To be able to understand the eviction crisis that we're facing today, we have to recognize where we were before Covid-19 came to our country -- and that was in the midst of a severe affordable housing crisis.

5. Bob Pinnegar:

   Flawed eviction moratoriums leave renters with insurmountable debt and housing providers holding the bag as our nation's housing affordability crisis spirals into a housing affordability disaster.