Meaning of blag | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An attempt to obtain, or the means of obtaining, something by guile or persuasion; a trick.
   British, Ireland, informal
2. Deliberate misspelling of blog.
   British, Ireland, alt-of, deliberate, humorous, informal, misspelling
3. An armed robbery or robbery involving violence; also, theft.
   British, slang
4. An act of deceiving; a con, a deception, a hoax.
   British, Ireland, informal

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Examples

“'What's he do, Micky?' / 'Armed blags is what I hear – s'posed to be one or two nice little tucks down to him that he didn't go for. He keeps well active. Someone told me he's putting one together now.[…]'”

“Through Lenny I had met a character whom I shall call Billy. He was part of a blag team famous for a series of large-scale wage snatches.”

“They're turning over any business that couldn't go running back to the Other People, sex shops and massage parlours, doing blags long after they went outta fashion, doing loads of drugs and not giving a fuck about keeping a low profile.”

“Darlin' – I know your old man's keen for you to learn the ropes an' all that, but let's not forget who's running this blag, shall we?”

“A good blag to get into a nightclub is to walk in carrying a record box.”

“Because I used to run cons with him. I came up here as a nun, but that was just a blag to make money out of the miners.”

“Anyone who claims to be operating on a model designed to fulfil the will of Jesus, or Allah, or Krishna, or anyone, who isn't first and foremost dedicated to the union of all humankind and service of the needy is on a massive blag.”

“Why don't you write about it in your blag?”

“RONFLMAF! You do have a way with words. I think I need to update my blag, this is just too good.”

“So, no less than ten people have asked me why the hell I did what I did, so here's a blag post to explain it, I guess.”

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