robo-debt
robo-debt noun: an automated process of debt recovery, especially that employed by Centrelink.
Noun
robo-debt (uncountable)
- An automated process of debt recovery, especially that employed by Centrelink.
- Despite, or perhaps because of, the problems that emerged with the first iteration of robo-debt, the government has stepped up its reliance on data matching.2019 September 17, Helen Hodgson, Robo-debt is only one way government stigmatises claimants, in The Conversation
- If DHS actually paid people the money it owes them, the savings from this robo-debt fiasco would be reduced down to under $1 billion.2017 January 13, Justin Warren, “The atmospherics of the Centrelink robo-debt debacle”, in EigenMagic
Forms of robo-debt
| alternative form | robodebt |
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Origin of robo-debt
From robo- + debt.
Questions about robo-debt
- What does robo-debt mean?
- Robo-debt means an automated process of debt recovery, especially that employed by Centrelink.
- What part of speech is robo-debt?
- Robo-debt is a noun.
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