Chop shop

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounA 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."

2.verbTo cut apart a car in a chop shop, either to sell as parts or to alter its appearance.

3.verb(by analogy) to cut something apart and restructure it.

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