chop shop

Example Sentences

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In various interviews over the years, Mann described some of his favorite finds — a chop shop in Wilmington, a seedy motel, a stone-encased downtown bank.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

In 2017, the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act was among laws invoked when authorities broke up what a federal prosecutor in South Dakota called ″a chop shop for eagles.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2022

Maybe Farage is working in some Chelsea chop shop, grafting halves of stolen vehicles together.

From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2018

This is not a joke: In a retirement community drug bust near Palm Beach, detectives uncovered what they believe is an actual golf cart chop shop.

From Golf Digest • Jun. 26, 2017

They were a stripped car found in an alley after the chop shop was finished ripping off the last functional carburetor.

From Washington Post • May 17, 2017