Chop-shop
noun, Informal.
1.
a garage where stolen cars are dismantled so that their parts can be sold separately.
modifier
: mixed up with chop shop operators in the Midwest
noun phrase
A place where stolen cars are dismantled to be sold as parts •A slang dictionary of 1883 defines chopped up as ”Stolen goods divided into small lots and hidden in different places”: in Detroit, where Axel and his fellow cops are about to raid a chop shop/ I started off takin’ ’em to a chop shop for $100
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