autopen

plural autopens · alternative auto-pen

1. A machine that automatically writes a person's signature.

   But most offices either use autopens with the boss's name or simply have a staff member sign the boss's name to the correspondence.

   2003, William T. Endicott, An insider's guide to political jobs in Washington, page 99

   3 more examples

   An autopen is a machine that copies a person's signature and then reproduces it at a rate many times faster than could normally be done - some top celebrities even have several autopens with slightly altered autographs, making it even more difficult to tell which is the real thing.

   2021 July 1, Mike Hall, “HOW TO SPOT AUTOPEN AUTOGRAPHS”, in Just Collecting

   Many executive orders signed by Mr. Biden were approved with an autopen device, prompting questions about whether Mr. Biden was fully mindful of what was signed during his presidency.

   2025 March 14, Kerry Picket, “Trump wonders about the validity of Biden documents signed with an autopen”, in The Washington Times

   President Donald Trump’s presidential memorandum ordering an investigation of Joe Biden’s cognitive decline and his use of the autopen […] is also nonsensical fan service, amplifying addled MAGA conspiracy theories that contend, with a straight face, that Biden was really a robotic clone.

   2025 June 7, Paul Rosenzweig, “The Biden Investigation Is a Path to Even Greater Lawlessness”, in The Atlantic

   Synonyms: robo-pen

present singular third person autopens · participle present autopenning · participle past autopenned · past autopenned · alternative auto-pen

1. transitiveTo write or sign (something) with an autopen.