seat hogging (uncountable)
- (informal, derogatory) The act of occupying more than one seat, especially on public transport.
1935, The Railroad Telegrapher: 1935, Volume 52[1], Order of Railroad Telegraphers, page 578:Seat "hogging" has been eliminated.
2013, Benjamin Schuster, Train 407[2], BookBaby, →ISBN:As a commuter myself, there is no such thing as accidental seat hogging or seat hogging due to ignorance.
2015 October 6, Esther Woo, “Marshalling a Century of Experience: Customizing Services for the Next Generation of Users”, in Stephen Mossop, editor, Customer Service in Academic Libraries: Tales from the Front Line, Elsevier, page 38:Seat hogging has become a common phenomenon and a potential source of user complaints or even conflicts.