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squatter

[skwot-er] / ˈskwɒt ər /
NOUN
colonist
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But there is still so much darkness in “The Grapes of Wrath,” especially in its scenes of John Qualen’s Muley Graves, crumpled on the ground, suddenly a squatter on his own piece of land.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

Patent and Trademark Office, Tesla said Unibev was “a bad-faith trademark squatter, who started as a Tesla fan” and described the French company’s attempt to trademark the Cybercab moniker as fraudulent.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 16, 2026

Patent and Trademark Office, Tesla described its adversary as “a bad-faith trademark squatter, who started as a Tesla fan,” and described the French company’s attempt to trademark the Cybercab moniker as fraudulent.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 16, 2026

This was a squatter camp outside Johannesburg in 1994 as South Africa prepared to vote in its first non-racial elections.

From BBC May 25, 2024

Tecumseh visited other nations, calling for unity in defiance of the squatter presence on their lands.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

It’s functionally a field guide of targets for burglars, looters and squatters.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

The corner lot on which the club stands is now surrounded by hundreds of dilapidated and abandoned buildings occupied by squatters.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 22, 2025

In his video, Mr Perry said when squatters were staying in the building it had been "sectioned off into bedrooms" and "rented out to people in the most vulnerable of conditions".

From BBC Aug. 14, 2025

He said the former library building, which is being repurposed into an Asian Resource Centre, had also had squatters living in it.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2025

However, in 1784, they turned to Spanish Florida for an alliance they hoped would stop the flow of squatters.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz




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