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blag

/ æɡ /

noun

  1. a robbery, esp with violence
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to obtain by wheedling or cadging

    she blagged free tickets from her mate

  2. to snatch (wages, someone's handbag, etc); steal
  3. to rob (esp a bank or post office)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ, noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of blag1

C19: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

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Another says Reeves "is normally the cleverest person in the room", and that she does not blag.

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Prince Harry says journalists would blag information about his former girlfriend Chelsy Davy's flights to the UK to see him.

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Police officers arrived at the address where O'Donnell answered the door but tried to "blag his way out of the situation" and redirected police to another address, delaying the medical attention his victim urgently needed.

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This was strictly a media event, but that did not deter a few Alvarez fans from, unsuccessfully, attempting to blag and bypass security in the chance of catching a glimpse of their hero.

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"I had to blag it a bit," she says.

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