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Chop shop

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

📖 Definitions of "Chop shop"

noun

1
A facility where stolen motor vehicles are disassembled in order to sell the mechanical parts.
"Apparently his stolen car had been taken to a chop shop, as the police only recovered the frame."

verb

1
To cut apart a car in a chop shop, either to sell as parts or to alter its appearance.
2
(by analogy) to cut something apart and restructure it.

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