EGAVE

blag

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An armed robbery or robbery involving violence; also, theft.
  2. verb To obtain (something) through armed robbery or robbery involving violence, or theft; to rob; to steal.
  3. verb To obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion.
    Can I blag a fag?
  4. verb To obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion.
    Can I blag a fag?
  5. verb 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.
  6. verb To obtain (something desired), or avoid (something undesired), through improvisation or luck; to fluke, to get away with.
  7. verb To use guile or persuasion on (someone); also, to deceive or perpetrate a hoax on (someone).
  8. verb To meet and seduce (someone) for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation; to pick up.

Similar words

robbery armed robbery bash and grab bruising gangbang bank robbery score banditry knife crime mugging

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