Definition von chop shop im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
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.
A chop shop is a slang phrase for a location or business which disassembles stolen automobiles for the purpose of selling them as parts. It may also be used to refer to a location or business that is involved with the selling of stolen goods in general, or a brokerage that sells non-existent equities, both fraud and stolen goods. Another common use refers to a business whose product, service, or equipment is of questionable quality. The term is often used in a tongue-in-cheek fashion for outlets specializing in choppers, and by butchers and barbers