blag

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Noun

1. An armed robbery or robbery involving violence; also, theft.

Verb

1. To obtain (something) through armed robbery or robbery involving violence, or theft; to rob; to steal.

Verb

1. To obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion.
   • Can I blag a fag?
   • He’s blagged his way into many a party.
   • The newspaper is accused of blagging details of the prime minister’s flat purchase from his solicitors.
2. To obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion.
   • Can I blag a fag?
   • He’s blagged his way into many a party.
   • The newspaper is accused of blagging details of the prime minister’s flat purchase from his solicitors.
3. To obtain (confidential information) by impersonation or other deception; also, to deceive (someone) into disclosing confidential information.
   • The newspaper is accused of blagging details of the prime minister’s flat purchase from his solicitors.
4. To obtain (something desired), or avoid (something undesired), through improvisation or luck; to fluke, to get away with.
5. To use guile or persuasion on (someone); also, to deceive or perpetrate a hoax on (someone).
6. To meet and seduce (someone) for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation; to pick up.
7. To speak persuasively or with guile to obtain something.

Adjective

1. Not genuine; fake.
   • You’re wearing a blag designer shirt!

Noun

1. 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.
2. An act of deceiving; a con, a deception, a hoax.

Noun

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