Name given in the Netherlands to what in Latin America is known as squatting, influenced by the Provo movement of the 1960s. The word squat can be translated as "trespassing", and by the 1980s more krakers were already being used.
It's an English language term. It refers to a gymnastic exercise that we call squat or squat in Spanish.
SQUAT anglilicism by KNEELING, squatting, getting down on your knees. Knee flexion, squats.