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robo-signing

robo-signing noun: approving or ratifying a document without reviewing it.

Noun

robo-signing (plural robo-signings)

  1. Approving or ratifying a document without reviewing it.
    • But, what is robo-signing? How does a mortgage get to that point?2010 October 18, Elizabeth Shell, “The Road to 'Robo-signing'”, in PBS NewsHour, retrieved 19 Jul 2016
  2. Initiating a foreclosure or other legal procedure without knowledge of the facts attested.
    • The court determined that the practice of multiple foreclosure filings without sufficient documentation of the title and often with inaccurate affidavits – the so-called "robo-signing" phenomenon – was not acceptable.2010, Commerce, Justice, science, and related agencies appropriations for 2011: hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh...

Forms of robo-signing

pluralrobo-signings
alternative formrobosigning

Origin of robo-signing

* robo- + signing.

Questions about robo-signing

What does robo-signing mean?
Robo-signing means approving or ratifying a document without reviewing it.
What part of speech is robo-signing?
Robo-signing is a noun.
What is the plural of robo-signing?
The plural of robo-signing is robo-signings.

Words near robo-signing in the dictionary

  1. robo-mining
  2. robo-pen
  3. robo-pens
  4. robo-signer
  5. robo-signers
  6. robo-signing
  7. robo-signings
  8. robo-taxi
  9. robo-taxis
  10. roboadviser
  11. roboadvisers

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