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hot-wired
  1. of a vehicle that has been hot-wired; stolen. v

  2. Past and past participle of "hot-wire;" to steal a vehicle by bypassing the ignition key's security.

Usage examples of "hot-wired".

It wasn’t a premonition he got from them, more like fear hot-wired direct into his brain.

I'd had my Net-rune hot-wired years before, so I could turn it on and off as I pleased.