squatter

The definition of a squatter is a person who occupies a building without a legal right to be there.

(noun)

A person who moves into an abandoned building and starts living there without permission is an example of a squatter.

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See squatter in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a person or animal that squats, or crouches
  2. ☆ a person who settles on public or unoccupied land
  3. a person who occupies illegally a vacant house, building, etc.

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