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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. start (a car engine) without a key by bypassing the ignition interlock;
- Example: "The woman who lost the car keys had to hot-wire her van"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

hot-wire \hot-wire\ v. t. to start (a car) by using a wire instead of a key, as when stealing the car; the wire is connected to points in the ignition circuit that bypass the key. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hot-wire v 1: start (a car engine) without a key by bypassing the ignition interlock; "The woman who lost the car keys had to hot-wire her van"