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The act or general practice of occupying a building or land illegally.
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Squatting — Squatter redirects here. For other uses, see Squat (disambiguation). For the resting position, where the weight of the body is on the feet, see squatting position. Part of the Politics series on … Wikipedia
Squatting — Squat Squat, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squatted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Squatting}.] [OE. squatten to crush, OF. esquater, esquatir (cf. It. quatto squat, cowering), perhaps fr. L. ex + coactus, p. p. of cogere to drive or urge together. See {Cogent},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
squatting — skwÉ‘t /skwÉ’t n. low crouching position; act of squatting; (Sports) weight lifting exercise wherein the lifter lifts a barbell while rising from a crouching position ; (Zoology) animal s den (such as a hare etc.); place inhabited by squatters… … English contemporary dictionary
Squatting attack — Squatting attack, in computer science, is a kind of DoS attack where a program interferes with another program through the use of shared synchronization objects in an unwanted or unexpected way. [cite web | last = Zhang | first = Junfeng | title … Wikipedia
Squatting (pastoral) — In Australian history, squatter referred to those who occupied large tracts of Crown land in order to graze livestock. Initially often having no legal rights to the land, they gained its usage by being the first (and often the only) Europeans in… … Wikipedia
Squatting (Kraakbeweging) — Dutch laws do not forbid the occupying of empty buildings after a one year vacancy. Nevertheless, the state removes squatters after an owner has demonstrated that he will reuse his property. Since the 1960s, the authorities have often turned a … Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands
Squatting — Unter Squatter (engl., squatter = Besetzer, spr. skuotter, von to squat, niederkauern) versteht man allgemein Siedler oder Siedlerbewegungen, die sich ohne Rechtstitel auf einem Stück unbebautem Land niederlassen. In der jüngeren Geschichte… … Deutsch Wikipedia
squatting — squat·ting (skwahtґing) a position of flexion of the knees and hips, the buttocks being lowered to the level of the heels. It is sometimes adopted by the parturient at delivery. Children with certain types of cyanotic cardiac defects,… … Medical dictionary
squatting — Synonyms and related words: abiding, abode, adverse possession, alodium, burgage, claim, cohabitation, colony, commorancy, de facto, de jure, dependency, derivative title, dwelling, fee fief, fee position, fee simple, fee simple absolute, fee… … Moby Thesaurus
squatting — noun 1. exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑knee bend, ↑squat • Derivationally related forms: ↑squat (for: ↑squat) … Useful english dictionary
