hot-wire
verb (informal)- hot-wire something
to start the engine of a vehicle by using a piece of wire instead of a key, usually in order to steal the vehicle 热线发动,短路点火(不用钥匙而用电线短路方法发动汽车) He hot-wired a truck and drove it through a prison fence. 他给一辆卡车装上了窃听器,让它穿过监狱的栅栏。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHot-wire is used with these nouns as the object:- car