squatter
squatter
Definition
squat·ter (skwät′ər)
noun
- a person or animal that squats, or crouches
- ☆ a person who settles on public or unoccupied land
- a person who occupies illegally a vacant house, building, etc.
squatter
Synonyms
squatter
Telecom Definition
- Someone who illegally occupies another person's vacant house or building, or settles on another person's vacant land.
- A person who registers a domain name on the World Wide Web (WWW) that mimics the copyrighted, trademarked, or service-marked name of a company specifically for the purpose of selling it to the rightful owner. See also domain name and WWW.
squatter
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- evict: The owner then has two years to start proceedings to evict the squatter.
- remove: Of the civil remedies available the accelerated possession procedure provides the most effective means of removing squatters.
- claim: They also put up notices claiming squatters ' rights in the woodland.
- become: Istanbul receives an estimated 500,000 migrants each year from the rural areas of the country, most of whom become squatters.
- find: In several cases, returnees have found squatters in their former residences.
- have: Another tenant in a neighboring Tower Block had squatters break in, twice, next door to her and her young daughter.
Converse of subject
- occupy: In some cases, the distribution of lands already occupied by squatters led to conflicts between the two groups.
Adjective modifier
- illegal: Any risk that there is arises from the occupation of the site by the illegal squatters.
- poor: Unfortunately, it's a process that can also force working class communities, close knit neighbors and poor squatters out of their homes.
Modifies a noun
- settlement: Such greens often gave their name to small squatter settlements, " - which might fit our case exactly.
- camp: Majority live temporarily on farm in compound housing, a few live in local squatter camps.
- cottage: The workers often lived in squatter cottages, which they built from materials found on the land.
- right: Since she could potentially claim squatters rights and all that.
- community: Adjacent to the railroad track is a large squatters community ( more than 150 families ).
- area: Rural Gypsy band 1880's Agricultural depression brings poverty to many Gypsies, who move to squatter areas near towns.
Noun used with modifier
- cyber: But there may still be liability if your own site has been hijacked by a cyber squatter.
- domain: Domain name squatters have snapped up these sites and converted them into porn sites.
Possessives
- right: They also put up notices claiming squatters ' rights in the woodland.
- camp: This is the middle class of the squatters ' camp.
- application: Do I need to do anything more if the squatter's application for registration is rejected?
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