Meaning of pill mill | Babel Free

Definitions

A clandestine operation where a medical worker illicitly offers prescription medication to patients in exchange for bribes.

idiomatic

Examples

“Four men who helped Jeff and Chris George run⟳ their lucrative pill mills received sentences ranging from 9 months to 14 years today in federal court.”

“Needless to say⟳, the professional bullying from the primary care physicians (PCPs) and the [hospital] administrators to run⟳ both a pill mill and a needle jockey business was tremendous. I resisted the entire time, but god it wore me out. [From a pain specialist for a large multi-specialty group.]”

“As state attorney general, [Pam] Bondi was widely praised for her crackdown on opioid pill mills and for her work⟳ combatting human trafficking.”

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