blag

Meaning

Noun

An armed robbery or robbery involving violence; also, theft.

Verb

To obtain (something) through armed robbery or robbery involving violence, or theft; to rob; to steal.

Verb

1. (British, Ireland, informal, transitive) To obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion.
2. (British, Ireland, informal, specifically, transitive) To obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion.
3. (British, Ireland, informal, transitive) To obtain (something desired), or avoid (something undesired), through improvisation or luck; to fluke, to get away with.
4. (British, Ireland, informal, transitive) To use guile or persuasion on (someone); also, to deceive or perpetrate a hoax on (someone).
5. (British, Ireland, Polari, informal, transitive) To meet and seduce (someone) for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation; to pick up.
6. (British, Ireland, informal, intransitive) To speak persuasively or with guile to obtain something.

Adj

Not genuine; fake.

Synonyms

deke

forgery

hoaxing

Translations

Imitat

Mache

Mogelei

braquage

fasulle

imitatie

bietsen

remedo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/blæɡ/

Etymology

The origin of the noun is unknown. The verb is derived from the noun.