"pill mill" meaning in All languages combined

See pill mill on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-pill mill.ogg Forms: pill mills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pill mill (plural pill mills)
  1. (idiomatic) A clandestine operation where a medical worker illicitly offers prescription medication to patients in exchange for bribes. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Crime Related terms: diploma mill, paper mill, pill popper, malpractice, overmedication, overprescription, overtreatment

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          "text": "2011, Jane Musgrave, The Palm Beach Post, 4 men sentenced in pill mill scheme, link\nFour 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."
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          "text": "2014, JB McMunn, M.D., Naked Capitalism, The Stealthy, Ugly Growth of Corporatized Medicine, link\nNeedless 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.]"
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