squatter
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5.7
- noun
- /ˈskwɑːtər/
:
ocupante ilegal
- "I don't want illegal squatters on my property, so I'm taking legal action."
- squatter settlements
- squatter invasions
- squatter camps
Living in your mind like a squatter, living in your soul.
- Living in your mind like a squatter, living in your soul.
- I think that what I have seen is that squatters are self entitled.
- Again, what if those squatters don't pay those fines?
- And I did start a, you know, segment or a series on my YouTube called Exposing Squatters.
- We've all heard those unsettling stories about someone losing their property because of something called squatters rights.
Examples
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Many of the families were squatters, having found a piece of unused ground and settled there.
Academic text (1990) -
It's weird having a squatter in your living room.
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Was there a squatter here?
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You know, sometimes these squatters come around here.
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The women of the camp, now squatters, all of them, looked at one another.
Fiction book (1998) -
Unfortunately, they've since moved out, and some squatters have moved in.
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Even private landowners have a difficult time preventing landless squatters from using their property.
Academic text (1993) -
Many claim Huaycan residents are squatters, but we have occupied this land with the authorization of the municipality.
Academic text (1999) -
In Peru, women from squatter families in Lima's shantytowns planted trees on barren ground.
Academic text (1990) -
After the owner abandoned the building, several squatters moved in and started living there.
Synonyms
25
4.9
A person who goes onto someone else's land or into their building without permission
1
9.9
A person who moves onto someone else's land, often a mining claim, without permission
A person who keeps another's goods without the legal right to do so
Antonyms
How Permanent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Squatter comes from the word squat, which means 'to crouch' or 'sit low', plus the ending -er meaning 'one who does'. Picture someone who 'squats' down and stays on a property without permission; that's why a squatter is a person who occupies land or a building without legal right.