eject carries an especially strong implication of throwing or thrusting out from within as a physical action.
ejected an obnoxious patron from the bar
expel stresses a thrusting out or driving away especially permanently which need not be physical.
a student expelled from college
oust implies removal or dispossession by power of the law or by force or compulsion.
police ousted the squatters
evict chiefly applies to turning out of house and home.
evicted for nonpayment of rent
Example Sentences
His landlord has threatened to evict him if he doesn't pay the rent soon. They were evicted from their apartment.
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Late Latin evictus, past participle of evincere, from Latin, to vanquish, win a point — more at evince
ADVERB | VERB + EVICT | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤forcibly強制驅逐▸➤unlawfully (especially BrE) 非法驅逐VERB + EVICT➤attempt to, seek to, try to, want to企圖/設法/試圖/想要驅逐PREPOSITION➤from從⋯驅逐◇They were forcibly evicted from their home.他們被強行逐出家門。