wire
/wɑɪər/ v [T] (METAL THREAD)Definition
› to connect or fasten by wire: Our building is wired for cable TV. › A person or place that is wired is secretly equipped with an electric device that records sounds such as conversations: Wired by the FBI, he began recording meetings with Chicago officials.
(Definition of wire v (METAL THREAD) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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