Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (US Und.) to throw a brick through a shop window in order to steal the contents; thus bricking n.

1922–24		O.O. McIntyre White Light Nights 138: He handcuffed me to a young Italian who had ‘bricked’ a Bowery pawnshop window.
1923		O.O. McIntyre New York Day by Day 25 July [synd. col.] The high-class lawbreaker tried to keep his reputation unsullied [...] to be suspected of ‘bricking’ a Broadway jeweller’s window grieves him deeply.

2. (US) to throw bricks, esp. at the police, the national guard or any other form of authority against whom one is demonstrating.

1972		D. Claerbut Black Jargon in White America 59: bricking v. to throw bricks as in a civil disorder.
1976		P. Theroux Family Arsenal 76: I’d like to brick that fucker [...] Bastard!
1980		J. McClure Spike Island (1981) 123: Time and again, vehicles are simply ‘bricked’ and battered into total write-offs.
2001		K. Sampson Outlaws (ms.) 69: I’ve been in a pub that was bricked by Arsenal fans before the League Cup semi in 1978.

3. to hit someone with a brick.

2011

G. Knight Hood Rat 161: Those are the guys who robbed me [...] Bricked me in the face.

4. (Uk Und.) to smash a window with the intention of destruction rather than theft,.

2015

http://www.city-journal.org Spring 🌐 Unfortunately, when she gets to her car [...] she finds its windshield shattered. Jenkin has ‘bricked’ it.