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