occupy - verb

• keep busy with
• live (in a certain place)
• occupy the whole of
• be on the mind of
• march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
• require (time or space)
• consume all of one's attention or time
• assume, as of positions or roles

occupy - thesaurus

absorb   busy   concern   engage   engross   fill   interest   invade   reside   take   worry