squatter
noun
a person or thing that squats.
squatters
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pluralof squatter.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It’s functionally a field guide of targets for burglars, looters and squatters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The buildings that housed a prideful labor force are vandalized, colonized by squatters or boarded up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 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
They would need mercenaries, so officers recruited men from militias made up of squatters from Kentucky.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
