Meaning of chop shop | Babel Free
Definitions
A facility where stolen motor vehicles are disassembled in order to sell their mechanical parts.
US
Examples
“Apparently his stolen car had been taken to a chop shop, as the police only recovered the frame.”
“Once the car is in a chop shop, a skilled cutter can reduce it to salable parts in half an hour to 45 minutes.”
“New York City sports a number of chop shops, as do Chicago, Detroit and most other large metropolitan areas.[…]If they can′t find the right engine, the junkyard may call a chop shop contact to get someone on the street looking for the right make and year.”
““A chop shop disassembles the entire car, so they need a location that is secluded, like a warehouse or a vacant factory — although today′s forfeiture laws tend to discourage chop shops.””
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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