"settler who occupies land without legal title," 1788, agent noun from squat (v.); in reference to paupers or homeless people in uninhabited buildings, it is recorded from 1880.
实用例句
1. The squatter settlements originally came into being through illegal land invasions.
违章建筑区最初是通过非法的土地占有而形成的.
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2. Squatter control is maintained by regular patrols and hut - to - hut checks.
当局定期逐户视察所有寮屋,以收管制之效.
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3. Land claimed by a settler or squatter, especially under the Homestead Act.
在一个新的地域中的首批殖民者或定居者.
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4. Around the Pretoria alone there are 80 squatter settlements.
