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geoslavery
 n.— «Jerome Dobson, a University of Kansas professor and president of the American Geographical Society, coined the term “geoslavery” with colleague Peter Fisher in 2003. He defines it as a master exerting control over a worker through human-tracking.» —“Your cell phone could bust you” by Shamus Toomey Chicago Sun-Times (Illinois) Nov. 27, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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