sentences:  Eventually, the term squattocracy, a play on "aristocracy", developed to refer to some of these squatters.The term ‘squatter’ derives from its English usage as a term of contempt for a person who had taken up residence at a place without having legal claim.The use of ‘squatter’ in the early years of European settlement of Australia had a similar connotation, referring primarily to a person who had ‘squatted’ on 'unoccupied' land for pastoral or other purposes.