Complete Definition of "chop shop"

English

Noun
en-noun|sg=chop shop

#A garage where stolen automobiles or motorcycles are disassembled in order to obtain the internal parts, as the vehicle is often worth more as a collection of parts than as an operating machine.
#:Apparently his stolen car had been taken to a chop shop, as the police only recovered the frame.

See also
fence
receiver
thief

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