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squatter

[skwot-er] / ˈskwɒt ər /
NOUN
colonist
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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

Animal control officers from Pasadena Humane confirmed that a bear was living under an Altadena house Sunday but could not be sure if the latest bear squatter was the same bruin from the earlier incident.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 13, 2026

“At least I eat sometimes,” said Cedric Mnisi, 39, who lives in a squatter camp nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 29, 2025

As the sun rose, the squatter camp gradually vanished under the earth.

From BBC May 25, 2024

They then organized an election in which Scott triumphed, and he moved back to the squatter camp, taking Father Dlamini with him.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

As cost of living pressures persist, a growing number of people are applying to become so-called property guardians - living in vacant residential or commercial buildings to protect them from squatters, vandalism and disrepair.

From BBC Jul. 30, 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

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

Despite the Proclamation of 1763, squatters moved into the Ohio Country, settling on the farmlands and hunting grounds of the Shawnee Nation.

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




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