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blag

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1. blag - Noun

2. blag - Adjective

3. blag - Verb

4. blag - Interjection

Meaning

blag (plural blags)

(Britain, criminal slang) An armed robbery or robbery involving violence; also, theft.

blag (third-person singular simple present blags, present participle blagging, simple past and past participle blagged)

(transitive, Britain, criminal slang) To obtain (something) through armed robbery or robbery involving violence, or theft; to rob; to steal.

(transitive)
To obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion.
Synonyms: inveigle, sponge; see also Thesaurus:scrounge
Can I blag a fag?
He’s blagged his way into many a party.

(specifically) To obtain (confidential information) by impersonation or other deception; also, to deceive (someone) into disclosing confidential information.
Synonym: pretext
The newspaper is accused of blagging details of the prime minister’s flat purchase from his solicitors.

To obtain (something desired), or avoid (something undesired), through improvisation or luck; to fluke, to get away with.

To use guile or persuasion on (someone); also, to deceive or perpetrate a hoax on (someone).

(Polari) To meet and seduce (someone) for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation; to pick up.

(intransitive) To speak persuasively or with guile to obtain something.

blag (comparative more blag, superlative most blag)

(Britain, informal) Not genuine; fake.
You’re wearing a blag designer shirt!

An attempt to obtain, or the means of obtaining, something by guile or persuasion; a trick.
A good blag to get into a nightclub is to walk in carrying a record box.

An act of deceiving; a con, a deception, a hoax.

blag (plural blags)

(humorous, informal) Deliberate misspelling of blog. [from 2006]

blag

(Can we verify this sense?)(Philippines) Used to represent the sound of a dull impact. (Can we add an example for this sense?)


blag (plural blags)

(Britain, criminal slang) An armed robbery or robbery involving violence; also, theft.


blag (third-person singular simple present blags, present participle blagging, simple past and past participle blagged)

(transitive, Britain, criminal slang) To obtain (something) through armed robbery or robbery involving violence, or theft; to rob; to steal.


blag (comparative more blag, superlative most blag)

(Britain, informal) Not genuine; fake.
You’re wearing a blag designer shirt!


blag (plural blags)

(humorous, informal) Deliberate misspelling of blog. [from 2006]


blag

(Can we verify this sense?)(Philippines) Used to represent the sound of a dull impact. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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