hot-wire
hot-wire • v. [tr.] inf. start the engine of (a vehicle) by bypassing the ignition system, typically in order to steal it.• adj. (of an electrical instrument) depending on the expansion of a wire when heated or on a change in the electrical resistance of a wire when heated or cooled: a hot-wire detector.
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