robo-signer

English

Etymology

Possibly back-formation from robo-signing or from robo- +‎ signer.

Noun

robo-signer (plural robo-signers)

  1. (business) Someone who signs documents without reviewing them
    • 2010 October 18, Elizabeth Shell, “The Road to 'Robo-signing'”, in PBS NewsHour‎, retrieved July 19, 2016:
      critics claim "robo-signers" from the banks were robotically signing off on literally hundreds of thousands of affidavits
  2. (business) A mortgage servicing employee who approves a foreclosure without reviewing relevant documents
    • 2016, “DEFINITION of 'Robo-signer'”, in Investopedia‎, retrieved July 19, 2016:
      While some robo-signers were middle managers, others were temporary workers with virtually no understanding of the work they were doing.
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