Blag

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æɡ

Origin

From French blague ("joke, tall story"), from Old Provencal blagar ("to chat").

Full definition of blag

Verb

1. (British, informal, transitive) To obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion.
2. (British, 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. (British, informal, transitive) To beg, to cadge.Can I blag a fag?
4. (UK, informal, transitive) 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.

Synonyms

• (obtain by deceit, especially information) pretext

Noun

1. (British, informal) A means of obtaining something by trick or deception.A good blag to get into a nightclub is to walk in carrying a record box.
2. (British criminal slang) An armed robbery.

Adjective

1. (British, informal) Fake, not genuine.You’re wearing a blag designer shirt!

Derived terms

• blagger, Blagger