deforcer
/dɪˈfɔrsər/
noun
- A person who takes or keeps someone else's property, especially land, by force and without legal right.
- In medieval times, a deforcer could seize land and hold it until a king's court intervened.
- The legal team proved that the deforcer had no valid claim to the estate.
- The sheriff arrested the deforcer who had occupied the vacant house for months.