occupiers
Those holding space
Occupiers are people who occupy a place.
The word often carries connotations of contested presence—military forces occupying conquered territory, protesters occupying a building, or settlers occupying disputed land: The occupiers faced resistance from local populations.
In British legal usage, an occupier is simply whoever resides in or controls a property, without negative implication.
Initiators of hostility
- conquerorsThose who defeat and dominate
- intrudersUnauthorized entrants
- encroachersThose who overstep boundaries
- usurpersWrongful seizure perpetrators
raiders · trespassers · marauders · incursion · invasion · annexation · resistance · liberation
Those who lease property
- leaseholdersRenters under contract
- residentsPeople living somewhere
- landlordProperty owner renting out
- leaseTemporary use contract
rent · eviction · sublet · tenancy · occupancy · housing · apartment · flat
Those who establish foreign control
- imperialistsProponents of territorial domination
- settlersThose who establish homes
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- exploitationSelfish use of others
subjugation · annexation · protectorate · empire · hegemony · mandate · partition · indigenous
Military personnel collectively
- garrisonStationed military force
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- forcesCauses of motion
- armyOrganized land-based military
curfew · checkpoints · patrols · martial law · barracks · command post · deployment · peacekeepers
Public protest participants
- activistsPeople working for causes
- sit-inProtest by remaining seated
- encampmentTemporary military or refugee settlement
- blockadeSealing off a place
rally · picket · civil disobedience · tent city · eviction · police · demands · solidarity
aggressors
Initiators of hostility
- conquerorsThose who defeat and dominate
- intrudersUnauthorized entrants
- encroachersThose who overstep boundaries
usurpers · raiders · trespassers · marauders · incursion · invasion · annexation · resistance · liberation · defenders
renters
Those who lease property
- leaseholdersRenters under contract
- residentsPeople living somewhere
- landlordProperty owner renting out
lease · rent · eviction · sublet · tenancy · occupancy · housing · apartment · flat · deposit
colonizers
Those who establish foreign control
- imperialistsProponents of territorial domination
- settlersThose who establish homes
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
exploitation · subjugation · annexation · protectorate · empire · hegemony · mandate · partition · indigenous · dispossession
troops
Military personnel collectively
army · curfew · checkpoints · patrols · martial law · barracks · command post · deployment · peacekeepers · liberation
demonstrators
Public protest participants
- activistsPeople working for causes
- sit-inProtest by remaining seated
- encampmentTemporary military or refugee settlement
blockade · rally · picket · civil disobedience · tent city · eviction · police · demands · solidarity · direct action
- colonizerscolonists, conquistadors, settlers, imperialists, invaders
- oppressorstyrants, despots, dictators, autocrats, authoritarians
- enemiesenemy, foe, foes, adversary, nemesis
- war participantssoldiers, troops, armies, army, combatants
occupiersliberators
Those who free captives
resistance fighters · freedom fighters · defenders · indigenous population · resistance
occupierslandlords
Rental property owners
evacuees · absentees · lessors · absentee owners · vacancies
occupiersowners
Those holding legal title
landlords · rightful owners · proprietors · titleholders · freeholders
- occupied territoriesRegions under foreign control
- occupied territoryLand under foreign military control
- occupied landRegion under foreign military control
- occupied zoneRegion controlled by invaders
- occupied FranceGerman-controlled wartime territory
- occupied signIndicator someone's inside