squatter
Example Sentences
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The corner lot on which the club stands is now surrounded by hundreds of dilapidated and abandoned buildings occupied by squatters.
They may have been given more to do than Lockhart — the Netflix series is excellent — but they are still squatters on space that she cleared, and will own forever.
From Los Angeles Times
He said the former library building, which is being repurposed into an Asian Resource Centre, had also had squatters living in it.
From BBC
Do workers need to be on the lookout for squatters?
From Los Angeles Times
He said that he wasn’t aware that the trailers were violating the city’s code and understands residents are worried that the empty trailers might attract squatters.
From Los Angeles Times
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