How do I empty this item in trash?

I copied a movie to documents/other. I now want to delete the movie. I sent it to trash. When I go to empty trash I get a rejection stating the movie
"is in use". How do I remove this movie from my computer?

seafms,
As den.thed said, something still has the item open. You should close any applications that you may have opened the movie with such as iMovie, Quicktime Player, or even QuickLook.
Also, if you have a Finder window open that is displaying the Trash contents, and you have the filename selected, then a FInder preview of the file or it's "info" can lock the file as well. So, close Findder windows also and then try again.
If all else fails, reboot your mac, and then empty the trash first before opening any applications.

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I have this exact same sort of problem, only my characters are different than the ones listed above.
İ퇸뿾ꯐᢼ텤뿾촀뿾튌뿾ꯐᢼ_______________튌뿾콤뿾텤뿾__@__ቐ䈀İ⩀ᢼꯐᢼ__25679-25679 Just Dance3_________쾘뿾蘌_ꭠᢼ_______
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Trash Bin is on your Dock (last icon on the lower-right). You cannot delete individual files from the Trash Bin like you can on a Windows machine. The trash is treated differently on a Mac and the idea is, you shouldn't be filing stuff in there that you don't want deleted entirely. Start treating it like your trash bin in your house. You don't go in there and pick and choose what needs to go out to the street and you shouldn't be doing the same with your trash on a Mac either.
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Quit the application associated with the item in the trash before you empty the trash.
If that doesn't help, hold down the Option key and empty the trash at the same time.

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