Both Uses of
eviction
in
Long Day's Journey into Night
- I let him have the place for almost nothing, just to keep someone on it, and he never pays that till I threaten to evict him.†
Act 1 *evict = force someone to leave
- Twice we were evicted from the miserable hovel we called home, with my mother's few sticks of furniture thrown out in the street, and my mother and sisters crying.†
Act 4evicted = forced someone to leave
Definition:
the process of forcing someone to leave a place -- typically from a home due to non-payment