bricking

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɪkɪŋ/

Verb

bricking

1. present participle and gerund of brick

Noun

bricking (plural brickings)

1. The act of pelting with bricks.
   • 1998, Edward Denmark, Not for Queen and Country, page 153:

     […] the severity of some of these brickings the soldiers have to endure […]

2. (law) 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.