Robo-signer

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who signs documents without reviewing them.

    "critics claim "robo-signers" from the banks were robotically signing off on literally hundreds of thousands of affidavits"

  2. 2
    A mortgage servicing employee who approves a foreclosure without reviewing relevant documents.

    "While some robo-signers were middle managers, others were temporary workers with virtually no understanding of the work they were doing."

Example

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"critics claim "robo-signers" from the banks were robotically signing off on literally hundreds of thousands of affidavits"

Etymology

Possibly back-formation from robo-signing; otherwise, and also by surface analysis, robo + signer.

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