"diploma mill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: diploma mills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} diploma mill (plural diploma mills)
  1. A business that sells fake diplomas or academic degrees.
    Sense id: en-diploma_mill-en-noun-4khxXVN4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 45 55
  2. (education, derogatory) A disreputable university, churning out diplomas to unqualified students. Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): Education, Schools Translations (university churning out diplomas to unqualified students): 野雞大學 (Chinese Mandarin), 野鸡大学 (yějī dàxué) (Chinese Mandarin), 學歷工廠 (Chinese Mandarin), 学历工厂 (xuélì gōngchǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 虛假大學 (Chinese Mandarin), 虚假大学 (xūjiǎ dàxué) (Chinese Mandarin), 學店 (Chinese Mandarin), 学店 (xuédiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 文憑工廠 (Chinese Mandarin), 文凭工厂 (wénpíng gōngchǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), diplomitehdas (Finnish), usine à diplômes [feminine] (French), Titelmühle [feminine] (German), diplomagyár (Hungarian), uniesquina [feminine] (Portuguese), фа́брика дипло́мов (fábrika diplómov) [feminine] (Russian), фа́брика степене́й (fábrika stepenéj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-diploma_mill-en-noun-eejngVGV Disambiguation of Schools: 12 88 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 45 55 Topics: education Disambiguation of 'university churning out diplomas to unqualified students': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: accreditation mill, ordination mill, paper mill

Inflected forms

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