chop shop

Definition

A facility where stolen motor vehicles are disassembled in order to sell their mechanical parts.

Example Sentences

• "Apparently his stolen car had been taken to a chop shop, as the police only recovered the frame."
• "Once the car is in a chop shop, a skilled cutter can reduce it to salable parts in half an hour to 45 minutes."
• "New York City sports a number of chop shops, as do Chicago, Detroit and most other large metropolitan areas.[…]If they can′t find the right engine, the junkyard may call a chop shop contact to get someone on the street looking for the right make and year."

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