Geoslavery
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The use of geolocation and geosurveillance technologies to monitor and control individuals in a coercive or surreptitious manner, with the control being overpowering and uncompensated. uncountable
"Images of antebellum plantation society aside, geoslavery has become an accepted practice among employers wary of misuse of company vehicles — whether the worker who disappears for an hour is pursuing an extramarital affair or monopolizing a stool at the donut shop[…]"
Example
More examples"Images of antebellum plantation society aside, geoslavery has become an accepted practice among employers wary of misuse of company vehicles — whether the worker who disappears for an hour is pursuing an extramarital affair or monopolizing a stool at the donut shop[…]"
Etymology
From geo- + slavery, coined by Jerome Dobson and Peter Fisher in 2003 and refined in 2007.
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