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squat † 
v. occupy land without title to it; settle on public land without applying for legal title.
- 1829 Squire Wright built his town on an island of this kind. Mrs. Firth squatted on one too, unknown to herself. . . .
- 1861 Throughout the Settlement Indians squat on settlers' lands and burn up their carefully-preserved firewood or their fencing, and complaint is useless.
- 1958 By 1873 . . . and J. L. Lockhart were squatting on mil-grant lands along False Creek.
- 1829 Squire Wright built his town on an island of this kind. Mrs. Firth squatted on one too, unknown to herself. . . .