robocall
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- noun
- /ˈroʊboʊˌkɔl/
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llamada automática
- In Florida, an election office sent out a robocall wrongly telling voters they had until tomorrow to file ballots.
- billion robocalls
- illegal robocalls
- block robocalls
Examples
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I agree that McCain could order his campaign to pull all negative ads, mailers, and robocalls.
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My household received two robocalls yesterday urging us to vote early.
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His only communication with voters has been a recent robocall in which he asked for patience.
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Around 8 a.m., the robocalls started, and some of them were minutes apart.
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Parents are being informed of the changes through letters and robocalls throughout the week.
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The FTC alleged the defendants ran a robocall scheme that made more than 8 million calls.
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Luckily, by now, the robocalls have stopped and I'm sure you've all gotten out and voted.
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I assumed that Greg was talking about the numerous robocalls offering people misleading or utterly false information.
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Besides being close and expensive, this race has been rancorous, with barrages of ads, robocalls, and statements.
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Millions of people are frustrated by the constant stream of robocalls they receive every day.
How Automatic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Robocall comes from robot, a word for a 'machine', and call. Think of a 'machine' making phone calls with a recorded voice, so a robocall is an automatic recorded phone call sent to many people.