pill mill
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A clandestine operation where a medical worker illicitly offers prescription medication to patients in exchange for bribes.
Informal
Example Sentences
- "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."