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Definition of Chop shop
1. Noun. A place where stolen cars are disassembled for their parts.
Definition of Chop shop
1. Noun. (American English) A facility where stolen motor vehicles are disassembled in order to sell the mechanical parts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chop Shop
Literary usage of Chop shop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Using Civil Remedies for Criminal Behavior: Rationale, Case Studies by Peter Finn (1997)
"Program Evolution A professional chop shop is a large, ... Typically, a chop shop
customer orders a vehicle by size and other specifications. ..."
2. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, 1995 by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"The "chit" system, or "chop shop" banking, originated in the Chiang dynasty to
avoid robberies during cash transfers and as a method of avoiding repressive ..."
3. The Association Review by American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf (1903)
"... good, king; ch, sh, j, at the beginning of a word, produced by hissing sounds,
as chop, shop, job; and q, w, which have the same appearance on the lips, ..."
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