robo-debt

English

Alternative forms

• robodebt

Etymology

From robo- +‎ debt.

Noun

robo-debt (uncountable)

1. (chiefly Australia, colloquial) An automated process of debt recovery, especially that employed by Centrelink.
   • 2019 September 17, Helen Hodgson, Robo-debt is only one way government stigmatises claimants‎^[1], in The Conversation:

     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.

   • 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.

Translations

process of debt recovery

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自動追債 / 自动追债 (zìdòng zhuīzhài)

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: robodebt