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Trespassing vs squatting

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ROBINDESBOIS
December 20, 2020, 04:14 AM
In Spanish we have to different kinds of squatting crimes: Allanamiento de morada and ocupación.
Does anybody know the equivalents in ENGLISH?

Rusty
December 20, 2020, 08:13 AM
allanamiento de morada = breaking and entering (the crime of forceful entry)
ocupación = squatting (establish your home on land not owned or on government land, with no payment of rent)
violar propiedad privada, entrar en un lugar sin autoración = trespassing

ROBINDESBOIS
December 20, 2020, 12:55 PM
In allanamiento de morada, is when people live in the house, or it is a second house.
Ocupación is when the owner has more houses or usually a house that belongs to the bank.

Rusty
December 20, 2020, 04:18 PM
The meanings I provided are from dictionaries that I consult. They don't seem to square with what you're asking.

In English, squatting is not a crime, unless it is done on someone else's property (that is trespassing).
Trespassing is, as far as personal property is concerned, considered a crime.