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hot + wire, with hot referring to electrical current.
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hot-wire (third-person singular simple present hot-wires, present participle hot-wiring, simple past and past participle hot-wired)
- (slang) To start an automobile engine by bypassing the ignition key wiring.
- (slang) To steal a vehicle by bypassing the ignition key's security.
1984, Alex Cox, Repo Man, spoken by Bud (Harry Dean Stanton):Never broke into a car, never hotwired a car. Never broke into a truck. 'I shall not cause harm to any vehicle nor the personal contents thereof, nor through inaction let the personal contents thereof come to harm' It's what I call the Repo Code, kid!
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