robo-debt en · NOUN
Etymology
From robo- + debt.
Meanings
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(Australia, colloquial, 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:2017 January 13, Justin Warren, “The atmospherics of the Centrelink robo-debt debacle”, in EigenMagic 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| robodebt | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
fi robodebt (process of debt recovery) · cmn 自動追債 /自动追债 (process of debt recovery)