What a car thief does with a stolen listening device (3-4)
I believe the answer is:
hot-wire
'what a car thief' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'with a stolen listening device' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a stolen' becomes 'hot' (stolen goods are 'hot').
'listening device' becomes 'wire' (I've seen this in another clue).
'hot'+'wire' is 'HOT-WIRE'.
'does' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for hot-wire that I've seen is " Make unorthodox start".)