colonize (v.)

• adopt
• anchor
• appropriate
• arrogate
• assume
• bivouac
• burrow
• camp
• conquer
• domesticate
• ensconce
• enslave
• hive
• hog
• indent
• inhabit
• locate
• monopolize
• moor
• move
• nest
• occupy
• overrun
• park
• people
• perch
• plant
• populate
• preempt
• preoccupy
• prepossess
• relocate
• requisition
• reside
• roost
• settle
• squat
• stand
• subjugate
• usurp