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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"