Tuesday, April 2, 2013

blag

blag

  1. (UK, informal) To obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion.
  2. (UK, informal) More specifically, to obtain confidential information by impersonation or other deception.
    The newspaper is accused of blagging details of Gordon Brown's flat purchase from his solicitors.
  3. (UK, informal) To beg, to cadge.
    Can I blag a fag?
  4. (UK, informal) To steal.
  5. (Polari) To pick up someone.
  6. (UK, informal, 1960s) To persuade.
    He's blagged his way into many a party.
  7. (UK, informal, 1940s) To deceive, to perpetrate a hoax on.

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