bricking
noun/ˈbɹɪkɪŋ/
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The act of pelting with bricks.
- […] the severity of some of these brickings the soldiers have to endure […]1998, Edward Denmark, Not for Queen and Country, page 153:
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Business, Computing, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Electronics, Energy, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics, Sciences The state of an electronic device being rendered completely unusable by a failed or corrupted firmware or software change.
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Business, Criminology, Human sciences, Law, Sciences A type of return fraud in which a working electronic item is purchased, then deliberately damaged or stripped of valuable components in order to render it unusable, and then returned to the merchant for a refund as a profit.