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Meaning of robo-debt | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An automated process of debt recovery, especially that employed by Centrelink.

Australia, colloquial, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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