Patched

Patching (from pumpkin patch) is a practical joke in which the victim is left a pumpkin on their stoop in the weeks leading up to Halloween.

If no jack o lantern is made with said pumpkin, the pranksters will return to egg the home.

Person: “There’s a pumpkin on my porch that I didn’t buy”
Friend: “You’ve been patched…better get to carving or next you’ll be egged.”