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informal settlement

British

noun

euphemistic a squatter camp

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In nearby Talisay, where an informal settlement along a riverbank was washed away, AFP found 26-year-old Regie Mallorca already at work rebuilding his home.

From Barron's • Nov. 6, 2025

At the moment he lives in the shadow of his former home, where other former Usindiso building residents have put up shacks in an informal settlement known as Emaxhoseni.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025

She was left in the care of her mother's boyfriend, Jacquin Appollis, in an informal settlement, when she went missing.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2024

The veterans named the informal settlement Favela Hill after a highly resilient flowering plant found in the northeast.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2024

Mumbai, India—In Lal Matti, an informal settlement of tin-roofed homes in this coastal city, summer can be unbearable.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 27, 2023

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