n.

1. 1. The act of ejecting, forcing out, or supplanting.
   2. The state of being ejected, forced out, or supplanted.
2. One that ejects, forces out, or supplants another.
3. Law. The act of forcing one out of possession or occupancy of material property to which one is entitled; illegal or wrongful dispossession.

[Anglo-Norman, to oust, ouster. See oust.]

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noun

The act of ejecting or the state of being ejected: dismissal, ejection, ejectment, eviction, expulsion. Slang boot¹, bounce. See keep/release.

The wrongful dispossession of a person, or exclusion of him from property. Usually applied to the acts of a co-tenant which exclude other co-tenants from their legal right to share possession. The ouster of co-tenants with proper notice will commence the running of the statute of limitations for purposes of adverse possession. See 226 S.W. 2d 484, 486.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a person who ousts or supplants someone else
  Synonym: ejector

Meaning #2: a wrongful dispossession

Meaning #3: the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
  Synonym: ousting

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fordrivelse, udsættelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitzetting (juridisch), ontslag

Français (French)
n. - éviction

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vertreibung, Entlassung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - έξωση, αφαίρεση κυριότητας

Italiano (Italian)
espulsione, spodestamento, espropriazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - espoliação (m), despejo (m)

Русский (Russian)
выселение

Español (Spanish)
n. - expulsión, destitución

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - uteslutning, vräkning

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
驱逐, 剥夺, 夺取

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 驅逐, 剝奪, 奪取

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 방축, 불법몰수

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 放逐, 占有剥奪

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تجريد من ملكيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גירוש, נישול, מנשל‬

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