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What (who) is hot-wire - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Hot-wire; Hot Wire; Hot wire; Hotwire (disambiguation)
hot-wire
(hot-wires, hot-wiring, hot-wired)
If someone, especially a thief, hot-wires a car, they start its engine using a piece of wire rather than the key.
A youth was inside the car, attempting to hot-wire it.
VERB: V n
hot-wire
¦ verb informal start the engine of (a vehicle) by bypassing the ignition switch.
Hot-wiring
STARTING AN AUTOMOBILE BY BYPASSING THE IGNITION LOCK
Hotwiring; Hot-wired
Hot-wiring is the process of bypassing a motor vehicle's ignition switch and thus starting it without the key. It is often utilized during a vehicle theft.
Examples of use of hot-wire
1. "And there‘s a hot wire between them, and everything shows in the eyes.
2. It is a bit like touching a red–hot wire, but there is no heat, only the sensation of heat.
3. Brent Warr, the Republican mayor of Gulfport, even ordered his police chief to hot–wire a truck.
4. But Harley, 35, had the truck‘s only key that night, and Yukons are known to be difficult to hot–wire, according to charging documents.
5. "It is a hot–wire issue in both countries but more so in France because of looming elections," said Francois Heisbourg of the Paris–based Foundation for Strategic Research.