English to French Meaning of squatter - squatter

Squatter :

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Definitions of squatter in English

Noun(1) someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it(2) someone who settles on land without right or title
Adjective(1) short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature(2) having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground

Examples of squatter in English

(1) one of the wealthiest and most prominent squatter families of northern Victoria(2) a squatter camp(3) 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.(4) Although Duvenage has been through all the legal channels he has been unable to either sell his land to government or evict the squatters .(5) 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.(6) The plan aims to clear squatters from government-owned land to make way for infrastructure and commercial development.(7) The court rules that the squatters were illegally occupying the land.(8) 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.(9) Three days later, another fire killed seven in a building used by squatters .(10) 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.(11) 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.(12) After being empty for years, the boarded-up building is now home to a trio of squatters , who have dubbed themselves ‘land pirates’.(13) It has been one month since squatters occupied the old Woodwards building in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.(14) 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.(15) On September 16, the courts issued an injunction asking squatters to leave the building.(16) Police have previously been accused of standing by or supporting the land invasions and ignoring court orders to evict the squatters .

Related Phrases of squatter

(1) squat ::

s'accroupir

Related Phrases of squatter

(1) squat ::

s'accroupir

Synonyms

Noun

1. nester ::

Nester

Adjective

3. stocky ::

trapu

4. thickset ::

trapu

5. dumpy ::

boulot

6. stubby ::

trapu

7. stumpy ::

courtaud

8. short ::

court

9. small ::

petit

10. vertically challenged ::

verticalement contesté

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