bricking

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Synonyms: tricking, pricking, fricking, cricking, ricking, brisking, prickling, brimming, backing, bringing, bracing

Antonyms: tricking, pricking, fricking, cricking, ricking, brisking, prickling, brimming, backing, bringing, bracing

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Noun

1. The act of [[pelt]]ing with [[brick]]s.
2. {{lb|en|computing|electronics}} The [[state]] of an [[electronic]] [[device]] being [[rendered]] [[completely]] [[unusable]] by a [[failed]] or [[corrupted]] [[firmware]] or [[software]] [[change]].
3. {{lb|en|law|business|criminology}} A type of [[return fraud]] in which a working [[electronic]] item is [[purchased]], then [[deliberately]] [[damaged]] or [[stripped]] of [[valuable]] [[component]]s in order to render it [[unusable]], and then [[returned]] to the [[merchant]] for a [[refund]] as a [[profit]].

Verb

1. {{infl of|en|brick||ing-form}}

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