frosting
n.— «Watch out for the “frosters.”…Frosting, the practice of stealing cars which are being left to thaw out with their engines running, has prompted a warning from Leicester police.» —“The 20 pence car thieves” Leicester Mercury (England) Feb. 3, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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