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Meaning
Noun
●
In British English & Crime:
An
armed robbery
or
robbery
involving
violence
; also, theft.
●
An
attempt
to
obtain
, or the means of
obtaining
, something by
guile
or
persuasion
; a trick.
●
An
act
of
deceiving
; a
con
, a
deception
, a hoax.
●
Deliberate
misspelling
of blog.
Verb
●
In British English & Crime:
To
obtain
(something) through
armed robbery
or
rob
bery
involving
violence
, or
theft
; to
rob
; to steal.
●
To
obtain
(something)
for free
,
particularly
by
guile
or persuasion.
To
obtain
(confidential information) by
impersonation
or other
deception
; also, to
deceive
(someone) into
disclosing
confidential
information.
●
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).
●
In Polari & British English:
To
meet
and
seduce
(someone) for
romantic
purposes
, especially in a social
situation
; to
pick
up.
●
To
speak
persuasively
or with
guile
to
obtain
something.
Adj
●
In British English:
Not
genuine
; fake.
Intj
●
In Philippine English:
Used to
represent
the
sound
of a
dull
impact.
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Origin
blag
English
blague
French
Sourced from
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