with objectTo alter (a stolen mobile phone) to make it reusable or resaleable, by reprogramming the chip that contains its identifying electronic serial number.
Origin
1990s; earliest use found in Wantage & Grove Herald. From re- + chip.
Definition of re-chip in US English:
re-chip
verbriːˈtʃɪp
British
with objectTo alter (a stolen mobile phone) to make it reusable or resaleable, by reprogramming the chip that contains its identifying electronic serial number.
Origin
1990s; earliest use found in Wantage & Grove Herald. From re- + chip.