"hot-wire" meaning in English

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        "To start an automobile engine by bypassing the ignition key wiring."
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        "(transitive, slang) To start an automobile engine by bypassing the ignition key wiring."
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          "text": "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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