They earn their living by squatting the land and sharecropping.

他们靠擅自占用土地，按种地的收益分成为生。

柯林斯例句

' seems like some of our neighbors expect to be sharecropping forever, " Dad pointed out.

爸爸指出: “ 这就好像我们的一些邻居期望永远和别人收益分成一样.

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