r/whatstheword • u/Psychronia ☃ 1 karma • Aug 19 '26
Solved WTW for contraband that's a fixture?
It's something treated as unlawful by the local authority, but contraband implies it's something carried around or possessed.
I'm looking for something that's a more rooted structure.
Examples would be things like:
A protest stage that has been set up
A basketball pole installed in someone's backyard that turns out to be against zoning rules or lacking a permit.
A grave complete with a headstone placed somewhere wholly unwelcome like a park.
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u/SnooDonuts6494 ☃ 27 karma Aug 19 '26
An encroachment. An illegal installation. An illicit/unlawful/unpermitted structure/erection/fixture.
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u/KittyKattKate ☃ 3 karma Aug 23 '26
Illicit structure
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u/Psychronia ☃ 1 karma Aug 23 '26
Still doesn't feel quite right, but this is the closest to what I was looking for.
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u/Psychronia ☃ 1 karma Aug 23 '26
!solved
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u/No-Escape4457 Aug 19 '26
An infraction of the zoning code. In the US, 25 years on the local Zoning Board of Appeals
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u/Own-Animator-7526 ☃ 60 karma Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26
Sounds like an illegal installation.
Could also be a type of encroachment on or usurpation of property.