Idiom
pill mill
Meaning
A clandestine operation where a medical worker illicitly offers prescription medication to patients in exchange for bribes.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The police shut down the local pill mill yesterday.”
“The doctor lost his license after investigators discovered he was running a pill mill out of his private office.”
“Authorities conducted a lengthy undercover operation to dismantle the sophisticated pill mill that had been fueling the local addiction crisis for years.”
Examples
simple
“The police shut down the local pill mill yesterday.”
contextual
“The doctor lost his license after investigators discovered he was running a pill mill out of his private office.”
complex
“Authorities conducted a lengthy undercover operation to dismantle the sophisticated pill mill that had been fueling the local addiction crisis for years.”
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