verb/desauˈθjaɾ/
to evict; to give up (a lost cause, a terminal patient etc.)
“Palomera ha criticado: “Estas ocho furgonetas de antidistrubios no son para desmontar una red de narcotráfico, son para desahuciar a una familia que no puede pagar el alquiler que le exigen. Con menores de edad”.” — Palomera criticized: “These eight riot police vans are not for dismantling a drug-trafficking network, they're for evicting a family who can't pay the rent demanded of them. With minors.”
Synonyms: desalojar
From des- + obsolete ahuciar (“to reassure”).