Definition of squatter in English:

squatter

noun ˈskwɒtəˈskwɑdər

1A person who unlawfully occupies an uninhabited building or unused land.
非法占用空屋（或荒地）者
the police moved in and evicted the squatters
as modifier a squatter camp
Example sentencesExamples
- There are many such other cases, including Kitwe, where squatters have occupied land illegally at the former council farm and are resisting moving despite a court ruling that they vacate the land.
- A Judge today ordered squatters occupying a dilapidated York hotel to leave the building immediately and pay £2,000 in legal costs.
- Police have previously been accused of standing by or supporting the land invasions and ignoring court orders to evict the squatters.
- He added that weak law enforcement had resulted in the occupation of riverbanks and other forbidden areas in the city by illegal squatters, and the unlawful development of buildings by developers.
- It has been one month since squatters occupied the old Woodwards building in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
- Disused and neglected, the hall was invaded by squatters who occupied the building until it was gutted by a fire in 2002, which killed five people.
- Three days later, another fire killed seven in a building used by squatters.
- Although Duvenage has been through all the legal channels he has been unable to either sell his land to government or evict the squatters.
- Many Roma in Western Europe are squatters, occupying condemned buildings while trying to find more suitable accommodations.
- On September 16, the courts issued an injunction asking squatters to leave the building.
- After being empty for years, the boarded-up building is now home to a trio of squatters, who have dubbed themselves ‘land pirates’.
- The Johannesburg council, however, plans to evict the squatters so that the building can be revamped as part of its inner city regeneration programme.
- The city council continued its crusade against bad buildings, evicting illegal squatters from several bad buildings.
- The minister said the man acted contrary to the law and advised all land owners to follow laid down procedure when evicting squatters.
- Last year, the building was occupied by a group of squatters, who claimed they were protesting against buildings being left empty in York.
- The court rules that the squatters were illegally occupying the land.
- To evict squatters, property owners must take out a summons for possession in the County Court or High Court or produce a written statement or certificate under the Criminal Law Act 1977.
- But so far only around 200 farms have been taken over and the government has evicted squatters who took over land themselves after the launch of its resettlement scheme in July.
- The plan aims to clear squatters from government-owned land to make way for infrastructure and commercial development.
- Such juries would be unlikely to evict squatters from land owned by a wealthy entity that left the land untouched, i.e., treated as an investment.
1. 1.1Australian, North American, NZ historical A settler with no legal title to the land occupied, typically one on land not yet allocated by a government.
  〈北美，澳，史〉非法占地者；非法定居者
  Example sentencesExamples
  These millions of folks, in effect squatters illegally occupying untitled land, cannot ever use their houses for collateral for loans or have any recourse to generate wealth.
  Finding themselves dispossessed of everything they owned, they became squatters in their former land.
  He recognised the value of making concessions to the colonists where possible, and it was opportune that his term of office coincided with a relaxation of policy from London and the recognition of land claims by squatters.
  The squatters settled in the flat part of the ravine, on top of the cemetery, but did not build a good city in terms of urban development.
  Every year the men used to ride out along the boundaries of the land owned by the towns just to make sure that they were intact; that none of it had been settled on by squatters or enclosed by the local lairds.
  Synonyms
  settler, colonizer, colonial, frontiersman, frontierswoman, pioneer
2Australian NZ A large-scale sheep or cattle farmer.
〈澳〉大牧羊（或牧牛）场场主
as modifier one of the wealthiest and most prominent squatter families of northern Victoria
Example sentencesExamples
- They moved into runs in the drier back country rather than deal with established squatters and selectors.
- Even the squatter has a great deal of trouble to get hold of a good man as a shepherd or knockabout hand.
- The demand for self-government in New South Wales in the 1840s came from the rich squatters who objected to Governor Gipps attempting to make them pay more for their land.
- After sometimes months on the road, carefully herding the squatter's stock, the drover would ask for his cheque.
- It revolves around re-creation of a 19th century grazing property, owned by a squatter and his wife, and all of the people who work on their selection.
1. 2.1historical A person occupying a tract of pastoral land as a tenant of the Crown.
  〈澳/新西兰，史〉（以王室佃户的身份）取得放牧权的人
  Example sentencesExamples
  Can't we replace the vanquished with the courageous, the Chamberlains with the Churchills, the failed squatter with the successful farmer?
  From the 1850s it referred to small farmers settling on Crown lands occupied by squatters.
  The previous Victorian act, the Land Tax Act 1877, was directed to lands owned by squatters, what were known as landed estates.
  Early pastoralists, or squatters as they were often called, lived a hard and pioneering life, often in isolation with few if any comforts.
  With little effective recourse, the Government reluctantly accepted the presence of the squatters and handed over Crown land for nominal lease and licence fees.

Rhymes

blotter, cotta, cottar, dotter, gotta, hotter, jotter, knotter, otter, pelota, plotter, potter, ricotta, rotter, spotter, terracotta, totter, trotter

Definition of squatter in US English:

squatter

nounˈskwädərˈskwɑdər

1A person who unlawfully occupies an uninhabited building or unused land.
非法占用空屋（或荒地）者
Example sentencesExamples
- Although Duvenage has been through all the legal channels he has been unable to either sell his land to government or evict the squatters.
- A Judge today ordered squatters occupying a dilapidated York hotel to leave the building immediately and pay £2,000 in legal costs.
- Last year, the building was occupied by a group of squatters, who claimed they were protesting against buildings being left empty in York.
- The Johannesburg council, however, plans to evict the squatters so that the building can be revamped as part of its inner city regeneration programme.
- Police have previously been accused of standing by or supporting the land invasions and ignoring court orders to evict the squatters.
- The minister said the man acted contrary to the law and advised all land owners to follow laid down procedure when evicting squatters.
- But so far only around 200 farms have been taken over and the government has evicted squatters who took over land themselves after the launch of its resettlement scheme in July.
- He added that weak law enforcement had resulted in the occupation of riverbanks and other forbidden areas in the city by illegal squatters, and the unlawful development of buildings by developers.
- Many Roma in Western Europe are squatters, occupying condemned buildings while trying to find more suitable accommodations.
- It has been one month since squatters occupied the old Woodwards building in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
- Disused and neglected, the hall was invaded by squatters who occupied the building until it was gutted by a fire in 2002, which killed five people.
- Such juries would be unlikely to evict squatters from land owned by a wealthy entity that left the land untouched, i.e., treated as an investment.
- On September 16, the courts issued an injunction asking squatters to leave the building.
- The city council continued its crusade against bad buildings, evicting illegal squatters from several bad buildings.
- There are many such other cases, including Kitwe, where squatters have occupied land illegally at the former council farm and are resisting moving despite a court ruling that they vacate the land.
- After being empty for years, the boarded-up building is now home to a trio of squatters, who have dubbed themselves ‘land pirates’.
- The plan aims to clear squatters from government-owned land to make way for infrastructure and commercial development.
- The court rules that the squatters were illegally occupying the land.
- To evict squatters, property owners must take out a summons for possession in the County Court or High Court or produce a written statement or certificate under the Criminal Law Act 1977.
- Three days later, another fire killed seven in a building used by squatters.
1. 1.1North American, Australian, NZ historical A settler with no legal title to the land occupied, typically one on land not yet allocated by a government.
  〈北美，澳，史〉非法占地者；非法定居者
  Example sentencesExamples
  These millions of folks, in effect squatters illegally occupying untitled land, cannot ever use their houses for collateral for loans or have any recourse to generate wealth.
  The squatters settled in the flat part of the ravine, on top of the cemetery, but did not build a good city in terms of urban development.
  He recognised the value of making concessions to the colonists where possible, and it was opportune that his term of office coincided with a relaxation of policy from London and the recognition of land claims by squatters.
  Every year the men used to ride out along the boundaries of the land owned by the towns just to make sure that they were intact; that none of it had been settled on by squatters or enclosed by the local lairds.
  Finding themselves dispossessed of everything they owned, they became squatters in their former land.
  Synonyms
  settler, colonizer, colonial, frontiersman, frontierswoman, pioneer

单词	squatter
释义	Definition of squatter in English: squatter noun ˈskwɒtəˈskwɑdər 1A person who unlawfully occupies an uninhabited building or unused land. 非法占用空屋（或荒地）者 the police moved in and evicted the squatters as modifier a squatter camp Example sentencesExamples There are many such other cases, including Kitwe, where squatters have occupied land illegally at the former council farm and are resisting moving despite a court ruling that they vacate the land. A Judge today ordered squatters occupying a dilapidated York hotel to leave the building immediately and pay £2,000 in legal costs. Police have previously been accused of standing by or supporting the land invasions and ignoring court orders to evict the squatters. He added that weak law enforcement had resulted in the occupation of riverbanks and other forbidden areas in the city by illegal squatters, and the unlawful development of buildings by developers. It has been one month since squatters occupied the old Woodwards building in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Disused and neglected, the hall was invaded by squatters who occupied the building until it was gutted by a fire in 2002, which killed five people. Three days later, another fire killed seven in a building used by squatters. Although Duvenage has been through all the legal channels he has been unable to either sell his land to government or evict the squatters. Many Roma in Western Europe are squatters, occupying condemned buildings while trying to find more suitable accommodations. On September 16, the courts issued an injunction asking squatters to leave the building. After being empty for years, the boarded-up building is now home to a trio of squatters, who have dubbed themselves ‘land pirates’. The Johannesburg council, however, plans to evict the squatters so that the building can be revamped as part of its inner city regeneration programme. The city council continued its crusade against bad buildings, evicting illegal squatters from several bad buildings. The minister said the man acted contrary to the law and advised all land owners to follow laid down procedure when evicting squatters. Last year, the building was occupied by a group of squatters, who claimed they were protesting against buildings being left empty in York. The court rules that the squatters were illegally occupying the land. To evict squatters, property owners must take out a summons for possession in the County Court or High Court or produce a written statement or certificate under the Criminal Law Act 1977. But so far only around 200 farms have been taken over and the government has evicted squatters who took over land themselves after the launch of its resettlement scheme in July. The plan aims to clear squatters from government-owned land to make way for infrastructure and commercial development. Such juries would be unlikely to evict squatters from land owned by a wealthy entity that left the land untouched, i.e., treated as an investment. 1.1Australian, North American, NZ historical A settler with no legal title to the land occupied, typically one on land not yet allocated by a government. 〈北美，澳，史〉非法占地者；非法定居者 Example sentencesExamples These millions of folks, in effect squatters illegally occupying untitled land, cannot ever use their houses for collateral for loans or have any recourse to generate wealth. Finding themselves dispossessed of everything they owned, they became squatters in their former land. He recognised the value of making concessions to the colonists where possible, and it was opportune that his term of office coincided with a relaxation of policy from London and the recognition of land claims by squatters. The squatters settled in the flat part of the ravine, on top of the cemetery, but did not build a good city in terms of urban development. Every year the men used to ride out along the boundaries of the land owned by the towns just to make sure that they were intact; that none of it had been settled on by squatters or enclosed by the local lairds. Synonyms settler, colonizer, colonial, frontiersman, frontierswoman, pioneer 2Australian NZ A large-scale sheep or cattle farmer. 〈澳〉大牧羊（或牧牛）场场主 as modifier one of the wealthiest and most prominent squatter families of northern Victoria Example sentencesExamples They moved into runs in the drier back country rather than deal with established squatters and selectors. Even the squatter has a great deal of trouble to get hold of a good man as a shepherd or knockabout hand. The demand for self-government in New South Wales in the 1840s came from the rich squatters who objected to Governor Gipps attempting to make them pay more for their land. After sometimes months on the road, carefully herding the squatter's stock, the drover would ask for his cheque. It revolves around re-creation of a 19th century grazing property, owned by a squatter and his wife, and all of the people who work on their selection. 2.1historical A person occupying a tract of pastoral land as a tenant of the Crown. 〈澳/新西兰，史〉（以王室佃户的身份）取得放牧权的人 Example sentencesExamples Can't we replace the vanquished with the courageous, the Chamberlains with the Churchills, the failed squatter with the successful farmer? From the 1850s it referred to small farmers settling on Crown lands occupied by squatters. The previous Victorian act, the Land Tax Act 1877, was directed to lands owned by squatters, what were known as landed estates. Early pastoralists, or squatters as they were often called, lived a hard and pioneering life, often in isolation with few if any comforts. With little effective recourse, the Government reluctantly accepted the presence of the squatters and handed over Crown land for nominal lease and licence fees. Rhymes blotter, cotta, cottar, dotter, gotta, hotter, jotter, knotter, otter, pelota, plotter, potter, ricotta, rotter, spotter, terracotta, totter, trotter Definition of squatter in US English: squatter nounˈskwädərˈskwɑdər 1A person who unlawfully occupies an uninhabited building or unused land. 非法占用空屋（或荒地）者 Example sentencesExamples Although Duvenage has been through all the legal channels he has been unable to either sell his land to government or evict the squatters. A Judge today ordered squatters occupying a dilapidated York hotel to leave the building immediately and pay £2,000 in legal costs. Last year, the building was occupied by a group of squatters, who claimed they were protesting against buildings being left empty in York. The Johannesburg council, however, plans to evict the squatters so that the building can be revamped as part of its inner city regeneration programme. Police have previously been accused of standing by or supporting the land invasions and ignoring court orders to evict the squatters. The minister said the man acted contrary to the law and advised all land owners to follow laid down procedure when evicting squatters. But so far only around 200 farms have been taken over and the government has evicted squatters who took over land themselves after the launch of its resettlement scheme in July. He added that weak law enforcement had resulted in the occupation of riverbanks and other forbidden areas in the city by illegal squatters, and the unlawful development of buildings by developers. Many Roma in Western Europe are squatters, occupying condemned buildings while trying to find more suitable accommodations. It has been one month since squatters occupied the old Woodwards building in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Disused and neglected, the hall was invaded by squatters who occupied the building until it was gutted by a fire in 2002, which killed five people. Such juries would be unlikely to evict squatters from land owned by a wealthy entity that left the land untouched, i.e., treated as an investment. On September 16, the courts issued an injunction asking squatters to leave the building. The city council continued its crusade against bad buildings, evicting illegal squatters from several bad buildings. There are many such other cases, including Kitwe, where squatters have occupied land illegally at the former council farm and are resisting moving despite a court ruling that they vacate the land. After being empty for years, the boarded-up building is now home to a trio of squatters, who have dubbed themselves ‘land pirates’. The plan aims to clear squatters from government-owned land to make way for infrastructure and commercial development. The court rules that the squatters were illegally occupying the land. To evict squatters, property owners must take out a summons for possession in the County Court or High Court or produce a written statement or certificate under the Criminal Law Act 1977. Three days later, another fire killed seven in a building used by squatters. 1.1North American, Australian, NZ historical A settler with no legal title to the land occupied, typically one on land not yet allocated by a government. 〈北美，澳，史〉非法占地者；非法定居者 Example sentencesExamples These millions of folks, in effect squatters illegally occupying untitled land, cannot ever use their houses for collateral for loans or have any recourse to generate wealth. The squatters settled in the flat part of the ravine, on top of the cemetery, but did not build a good city in terms of urban development. He recognised the value of making concessions to the colonists where possible, and it was opportune that his term of office coincided with a relaxation of policy from London and the recognition of land claims by squatters. Every year the men used to ride out along the boundaries of the land owned by the towns just to make sure that they were intact; that none of it had been settled on by squatters or enclosed by the local lairds. Finding themselves dispossessed of everything they owned, they became squatters in their former land. Synonyms settler, colonizer, colonial, frontiersman, frontierswoman, pioneer
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